Three days after her brother Sagar aka Shaggy Thakkar, the mastermind of the fake IRS call centre scam, secured bail, Rima Thakkar surrendered herself in front of the Thane crime branch on Thursday morning. "Rima Thakkar's role in the fake IRS call centre scam was being probed and we finally arrested her," said senior inspector Nitin Thakre of the crime branch. She was produced in the sessions court on Thursday evening and remanded in police custody till June 23.

According to Thane crime branch officials, she was hiding in Gujarat and kept moving around in the state. Before she went into hiding, Reem had been residing there for 15 years, after getting married to a businessman who is based in Gujarat. She'd helped her brother start his call centre business and was handling accounting-related work of the company for the past year, after her husband faced losses in his business.