ED has taken major action against an international network of cyber fraud in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi. The team of Jalandhar Zonal Office conducted a search operation at 9 different locations under the Money Laundering Act on 29 January 2026.
This action of ED is against those people who were making foreign citizens victims of online fraud through illegal call centres. During the raid, the residential places of Johnny, Dakshay Sethi, Gaurav Verma and other accused were searched. ED had started this investigation on the basis of CBI’s FIR. This FIR was registered after receiving information from FBI America.
Accused of cheating the American people
CBI had registered a case against the accused. The allegation is that these people defrauded American citizens of millions of dollars. ED investigation revealed that an illegal call center was being run by the name Digi Caps the Future of Digital. There were 36 employees working in this call centre, which included Jigar Ahmed, Yash Khurana, Inderjit Singh Bhali and Nikhil Sharma. Johnny, Dakshay Sethi and Gaurav Verma were supervising this entire network.
The accused used to call American citizens pretending to be technical support service. During conversations, they would obtain sensitive data of the victims and then threaten them with action from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Through fear and pressure, victims were forced to transfer money to cryptocurrency accounts. After this, this money was transferred through different crypto wallets. ED’s investigation also revealed that the money obtained from fraud was laundered by investing it in shell companies like Bliss Infraproperties LLP and Bliss Infraventures LLP.
Illegal income invested in real estate, evidence of foreign property also found
After this this illegal earning was invested in real estate. ED has found evidence of purchasing property not only in India but also in foreign countries. During the search operation of ED, Rs 34 lakh cash has been seized which is unaccounted for. Many digital devices (laptop, mobile, hard disk) have been recovered. Important documents related to high value investments and immovable properties have also been found. All this evidence links the accused to cyber fraud and money laundering. ED has made it clear that further investigation is going on in this matter. There may be more revelations in this matter in the coming days.
