Official says 273 arrested in NCCIA raid on 'illegal' call centre on Karachi's Sharea Faisal

KARACHI: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on Thursday claimed to have conducted a major operation against an alleged international fraud network and arrested 273 people from a call centre located on Sharea Faisal. Addressing a press conference in Karachi, NCCIA Additional Director, Shahzad Akbar, said 339 laptops, 152 cell phones and four computers were seized during the operation. “The NCCIA conducted a major enforcement operation on Nov 4 at a premises located near Kavish Crown Plaza in connection with an ongoing enquiry into an alleged international financial fraud…