SHILLONG: The city police are trying to ascertain the money trail in the call centre scam that was busted last month.
Police said the racket was making up to Rs 65 lakh per month.
Talking to the media here on Wednesday, SP (City) Vivek Syiem said the city police would approach their counterparts in Ahmedabad, where the kingpins are based, once they get comprehensive evidences and other details of the scam.
Nine persons have been arrested so far in this connection. The imposters set up call centres in the city as well as Guwahati to dupe American citizens. The police are looking for more people involved in the scam.
Shillong police have received a few emails from America, where people have complained that they were duped by the fake call centre.
The arrested persons would impersonate as IRS officials claiming to be from the US and collected taxes online from American citizens.
Later, half of the amount collected fraudulently was sent to India through hawala and a lion share was kept with the main heads of the racket in Ahmedabad.
