On May 21, 2026, the Karnataka State Cyber Command in India raided four separate call centers in Bengaluru for their use in helping facilitate scams under the false personation of Intuit Quickbooks. How their scam worked was:
- The scammers would pose as QuickBooks representatives and offer counterfeit tax advice, fake licensing and renewal services.
- The scammers also reportedly provided fake license keys and fraudulent software-related services.
- The victims are asked to pay huge sums of money to cover “service charges” and “technical support assistance.”
Two bhenchods were arrested during the operation: Prashanth from Delhi and Akash from Uttar Prasdesh. Both individuals operated under the business identity of “Circle Square, LLC” and had used multiple shell companies to siphon large amounts of money from US citizens.
Police have also seized four hard drives, two cell phones, two laptops, nine CPUs, pre-written scripts and various electronic accessories.