Cops seize fake documents and proof of fraud transactions in thousands of dollars dollars; alleged mastermind absconding; the duo was produced before the Borivli magistrate court on Tuesday, which remanded them in police custody
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The Goregaon police, in a joint operation with the Special Police Unit on Monday (August 4), busted a fake Forex trading call centre in Goregaon West and arrested two people from the spot. Forex trading is illegal in India.
Police have identified the arrested accused as Sunil Laxman Gar, 26, and Ashishkumar Lalmanraam Jaiswar, 36. Upon interrogation, they revealed the name of a third accused, Rohit Chandrakant Kadam, said to be the mastermind behind the syndicate, who is currently absconding, said the police.
The duo was produced before the Borivli magistrate court on Tuesday, which remanded them in police custody. According to police sources, the syndicate allegedly operated under the name ‘UnityFXLive.com’, and the office was located on the 4th floor of Asmi Complex R-5, Ram Mandir Road in Goregaon West. The accused, police said, were defrauding Indian citizens by offering “fake Forex investment schemes” and siphoning off large sums through a bogus digital trading platform.
The raid, conducted on Monday evening, was based on confidential intelligence inputs received by the Zone XI DCP, Sandeep Jadhav. Officials said that a special team led by API Vivek Tambe (Bangur Nagar PS), PSI Kalyan Patil (Borivli PS), and PI Umesh Dandile of Goregaon police station, along with the witnesses, reached the premises around 4.30 pm and unearthed a fraud operation.
Police seized laptops, mobile phones with SIMs and WhatsApp chats revealing scam operations, and hard drives used for the fraud scripts used for telecalling customers, including conversation templates. The laptop seized from the accused Gar revealed active access to ‘UnityFXLive.com’, fake admin dashboards, and customer wallets. The police found that the admin panel of the website showed over $358,508.32 in deposits and $137,900.93 withdrawn, with 1545 user accounts listed, out of which 245 were active.
The AnyDesk app and Skype were used to remotely control victims’ devices and communicate with gang members, including a contact identified as Daniel Fernando. During the search, data of over 200 victims who were duped was recovered, said an officer. The accused had been operating the bogus call centre for the past two years.
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