The Enforcement Directorate has conducted searches in Delhi as part of a money laundering probe against a “fake” call centre which allegedly duped U.S. citizens by pitching sale of “pirated” software, official sources said Friday (August 1, 2025).

Three premises in Khanpur were raided around 10:30 p.m. on Thursday (July 31, 2025) and the searches are still going on, they said.

The action is being undertaken as per the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

Preliminary investigation suggests, the sources said, that a call centre was being operated by some persons who misled citizens in countries like the U.S. by pitching “fictitious or pirated” software under the name of original software like Microsoft Windows.

The agency suspects that funds worth ₹100 crore have been received as foreign remittances over the past few years (2016-17 to 2024-25).