CBI Nabs ‘Royal Tiger Gang’ Kingpin Fleecing US, Canada

New Delhi, In its crackdown against a cybercrime syndicate, the CBI has also apprehended the alleged kingpin of the so called Royal Tiger Gang, a transnational syndicate of criminals who robbed its victims in the United States and Canada posing as government officials, said sources.

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The agency on Thursday arrested Prince Jasvantlal Anand of Mumbai, after a series of search operations all over the busy metropolis as well as Ahmedabad that were coordinated the previous day.

Anand, who is rumored to be the prima donna of this gang, had been leading a luxurious life style that eventually led his trail.

Those raids at his hideout burst open an elaborate organised system of doing cyber frauds on a telecom backbone and set of pre written scam scripts along with forged identity paraphernalia and even forged plastic ID cards of Canadian police officers.

The raids witnessed in the premises of Anand revealed the pleasures of a top-flying conman of a fleet of luxury automobiles, luxury accessories, plans of international travel records, and huge unaccounted amounts of wealth.

"Further, Virtual Digital Assets worth approximately USD 45,000 were seized from the possession of the accused ," a CBI spokesperson stated.

It was carried out as a component of the existing operation against networks of cybercriminals called the ‘Operation Chakra V’ implemented by the CBI.

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According to allegation by CBI, the United States Federal Communications Commission had previously categorized the "Royal Tiger Gang" run by the accused as a major Consumer Communication Information Services Threat.

"The gang is accused of generating and transmitting unlawful robocalls impersonating government agencies, banks, and utility service providers in a systematic manner, aimed at deceiving and defrauding US consumers," the spokesperson said.

Investigators claim Anand and his associates ransack off fear and confusion by posing as government institutions and financial organization officers and subsequently blackmailing their victims over criminal charges which were false.

Most of the loot was basically channeled in cryptocurrencies to conceal the financial trace.

Anand has been brought to a Special Court that sent him to four days of CBI custody in the case where he is to be further interrogated.

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