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India's CBI Arrests Four in Microsoft Tech-Support Scam Using Bitcoin ATMs

  • —Raids hit 10 locations across Punjab and Delhi overnight on August 5–6, 2026
  • —Sourabh Rana and three alleged associates were detained
  • —Two US victims lost roughly $440,000 and $130,000
  • —Seized items included 20+ phones, 15 laptops and crypto wallets
Why it matters: The case shows how traditional tech-support fraud increasingly relies on Bitcoin ATMs to move victims' funds out of the US.
Source: The Crypto Times