KARACHI: The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) on Wednesday raided what it described as an illegal call centre in Gulistan-i-Jauhar and arrested seven persons.
According to a NCCIA spokesperson, “The agency carried out an operation against an illegal call centre in Block-12 of Gulistan-i-Jauhar and arrested seven suspects for deceiving individuals through hacking and unauthorised access to their bank accounts and credit cards information.”
The held suspects were identified as Raheel Naurus, Leonard Edgar Dean, Joshua Harrison, Leon Samson Dean, Edison Aftab, Hamza Shaikh and Arnold Dean.
During the search, digital equipment including five CPUs, one laptop, nine mobile phones, two vehicles and important documents were seized.
The spokesperson said that a case under relevant sections of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) 2016 and Pakistan Penal Code had been registered against the seven held persons.
Published in Dawn, June 11th, 2026