Police in the western Indian city of
Thane have arrested more than 750 people suspected of defrauding US
citizens from a fake call centre.
The scam is said to have netted more than $150,000 (£118,000) a day, making it one of the biggest frauds in India's history.
Thane police officials said they were contacting the FBI to ask for help.
Some 70 of those detained were formally arrested, police said, with the rest released pending further inquiries. Nine people believed to have led the scam have been identified.
The scammers pretended to be members of the US Internal Revenue Service, and told victims they owed back taxes.
In some cases, the victims were
duped into buying gift vouchers
From different companies and bullied
into revealing voucher ID numbers, police said.
The scammers then made purchases
with the voucher numbers.
Police say those involved in the
scam at the Indian end retained 70% of the earnings, with 30% going to their US
collaborators.
Paramvir Singh, the police
commissioner of Thane, told reporters that 851 hard disks, high-end servers,
and other electronic equipment had been seized.
Mr Singh said overnight raids on
Wednesday had lasted well into the morning, and involved more than 200
policemen who had raided buildings in three locations in the city.
Thane police superintendent Mahesh
Patil told BBC Hindi that the investigation could open up cases from other
countries as well.
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