1 held in illegal telephone exchange scam

MUMBAI: The city crime branch have busted an illegal telephone exchange in Bhandup and have arrested one person who is believed to have caused huge losses to the exchequer.
The police said following the complaints of Department of Telecom (DOT), the unit 7 raided JP Debt Management firm situated in Bhandup and arrested its owner Jayprakash Sonar (45) who was running the illegal telephone exchange since January this year.
Sonar has been booked under IPC section of cheating and under the Indian Telegraph act. Further probe is underway.
The police said the accused was providing conference services to international numbers which used to bypass the Indian gateways and was causing huge losses to Tata Tele services. The police have written to the DOT for information on the number of calls to his exchange and the estimated loss to the DOT.