India, June 14 -- The Thane crime branch has busted a fake call centre in Mumbra that allegedly cheated US citizens by impersonating employees of a leading cybersecurity and antivirus company.

Police said the accused contacted US residents, claiming their computers or mobile devices were infected with viruses. Posing as members of McAfee's "Fraud Prevention Security Team", they allegedly persuaded victims to grant remote access to their devices and then siphoned money from their bank accounts using stolen banking credentials.

Acting on a tip-off, multiple crime branch teams raided a unit in DG City, Amrut Nagar, Mumbra.

"The call centre was being operated under the name M3 J Global Connect Private Limited. We learnt that it was run by ...