https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=67006 An international syndicate used impersonation and continuous remote surveillance described as "digital arrest" to coerce victims into transfers; investigators traced illegal SIM box systems that masked international calls as domestic numbers and manipulated IMEIs. Prosecutions are proceeding under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Information Technology Act, and the Telecommunications Act. Forensic links tied thousands of compromised IMEIs and tens of thousands of SIM cards to the modules; multi-city raids produced arrests of local operators and a principal technical operator, seizures of SIM boxes and communications equipment, and ongoing probes into money laundering and cryptocurrency flows. en-us Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:16:02 +0530 Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:16:03 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=67006 An international syndicate used impersonation and continuous remote surveillance described as "digital arrest" to coerce victims into transfers; investigators traced illegal SIM box systems that masked international calls as domestic numbers and manipulated IMEIs. Prosecutions are proceeding under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Information Technology Act, and the Telecommunications Act. Forensic links tied thousands of compromised IMEIs and tens of thousands of SIM cards to the modules; multi-city raids produced arrests of local operators and a principal technical operator, seizures of SIM boxes and communications equipment, and ongoing probes into money laundering and cryptocurrency flows. News - Sat, 10 Jan 2026 17:16:02 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=67006