The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) arrested 149 people at a RAID call center on a PONZI program, the agency announced on Thursday published on Thursday.
Among those arrested, 71 are foreign nationals, the majority identified as Chinese citizens. The authorities claim that the operation was targeting individuals thanks to fraudulent diets using digital platforms and telephone calls.
According to the agency, the fraudulent call center was involved in Ponzi regimes and various investment scams. It was used as a front to deceive the public and attract them to financial traps under the guise of lucrative investment possibilities.
The agency also declared that the fraud network was error actively and illegally perceived large sums of money. These funds were raised by misleading practices and unauthorized channels, constituting a serious threat to financial security and public confidence.
“Thanks to this fraudulent network, the public was deceived and large sums of money were collected illegally,” said the agency.
The agency said it was acting on an opinion on the network, operating in the city of Faisalabad, a manufacturing center in the east of the country.
He indicated that the RAID was at the Tasheen Awan residence, the former chief of the city’s electricity network.
