The MIDC police arrested 19 people, including three women, and busted a fake call centre racket that was running in the area for the past eight months. Police said the employees would dupe US nationals under the pretext of providing them personal loans, and suspect they have duped over 5,000 people so far of Rs 8 crore.  

Police said the raids were conducted on Tuesday in Marol, from where the call centre was being operated under the guise of Alreef Traiding Private Limited. The call center was functioning on Virtual Private Network (VPN), which is a safe and encrypted network. Police said the telephonic operators used to convince the customers that they are calling them from a US-based company .