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Canada: Indian-origin man held for alleged involvement in transnational telephone scams

New Delhi
October 20, 2020

According to a report, Naman Grover has been arrested in Canada for his alleged involvement in transnational telephone scams, wherein he was recruited by overseas scammers to process and launder locally received money.

The 22 year old Indian origin man, a resident of Ontario�s Mississauga, has been charged with fraud of more than $5,000 possession of the proceeds of crime and money laundering, according to a Toronto Sun report.

The arrest came after the Royal Canadian Mounted Police issued a country wide arrest warrant against Grover. �Money mule wanted by RCMP following an investigation in connection with a series of transnational telephone scams. A Canada wide arrest warrant was issued for Naman Grover, of Mississauga, Ontario,� the RCMP wrote on Twitter on October 14.

�The scammers, most commonly based in India and Pakistan, use operatives in Canada to process and launder locally obtained money,� the RCMP was quoted as saying. Through these operatives, the scammers can also distance themselves from the stolen money until it�s been �made clean�, according to the report.