60 Indians were detained in Sri Lanka for engaging in cybercrime.
Crackdown is in response to a victim's report that she was tricked into joining a WhatsApp group in exchange for money for using social media.
Colombo: The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of Sri Lanka has detained at least 60 Indian nationals who were involved in an online financial scam.
They were taken into custody on Thursday from the western coastal town of Negombo and the Colombo neighborhoods of Madiwela and Battaramulla.
135 cell phones and 57 laptops were seized as a result of simultaneous raids carried out by the CID in the aforementioned regions, according to Police Spokesman SSP Nihal Thalduwa.
The crackdown comes in response to a complaint made by a victim who was tricked into joining a WhatsApp group in exchange for money via social media contacts.
A scam where victims were forced to make deposits after making initial payments was discovered through further research. A father and son team in Peradeniya acknowledged helping the con artists, according to the Daily Mirror Lanka newspaper.
Crucial information found during a Negombo luxury home raid resulted in the first 13 suspects being taken into custody and 57 phones and computers being seized.
Nineteen more people were apprehended during follow-up operations in Negombo, which revealed international connections in Dubai and Afghanistan. Both tourists and locals were among the victims.
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