On February 19, 2025, the Kotwali Patel Nagar Police in India raided an illegal call center for deceiving American residents with Microsoft/Apple technical support scams. The call centre was found to be on behalf of iCreate Solutions ICS, which is located at Chaman Vihar, Sewla Kalan, Niranjanpur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248001, India.
The scammers would generate fake virus popups and falsely claim there was fraud in their victims’ bank accounts and that their victims were caught watching adult movies. 13 were arrested and police also seized 13 laptop, 2 routers, 3 switches, 1 media converter, 1 extension, 10 laptop chargers, 5 mice, 10 headphones, 4 mobile phones and other equipment.