In brief
- India’s CBI arrests Mumbai-based facilitator linked to Southeast Asia scam compound trafficking network.
- Victims were forced into crypto and online fraud operations inside Myanmar-based compounds.
- The case shows evidence of a global crackdown on trafficking-linked scam compounds in Southeast Asia.
India’s top federal investigative agency has arrested a Mumbai-based man, who they say is a central kingpin in a transnational trafficking network that funneled unsuspecting Indians into crypto fraud compounds in Myanmar.
The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Sunil Nellathu Ramakrishnan, also known as Krish, on Thursday after he returned to India, the agency said in a statement on Thursday.
Ramakrishnan played a central role in…
