{"id":23788,"date":"2026-09-15T13:54:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23788"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:54:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T08:54:35","slug":"rs172bn-digital-fraud-money-laundering-scandal-involving-islamabad-call-centres-uncovered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23788","title":{"rendered":"Rs172bn digital fraud, money laundering scandal involving Islamabad call centres uncovered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Islamabad: A major scandal involving an alleged Rs172 billion digital fraud and money laundering operation through call centres in the federal capital has resurfaced, prompting the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to form a new nine-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to sources, the investigation has been revived after nearly two years, while authorities are also examining the possible involvement of some senior government officials.<\/p>\n<p>A network allegedly involved in fraudulent activities through call centres was initially traced in 2025, leading to preliminary investigations into its operations.<\/p>\n<p>According to the initial findings, around Rs172 billion allegedly obtained through fraudulent activities was laundered.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators also found that the funds were allegedly transferred abroad through accounts maintained at various banks and microfinance institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The FIA&#8217;s newly constituted nine-member JIT will further investigate the alleged fraud, movement of funds and the roles of individuals potentially involved in the network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: A major scandal involving an alleged Rs172 billion digital fraud and money laundering operation through call centres in the federal capital has resurfaced, prompting the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to form a new nine-member Joint Investigation Team (JIT). According to sources, the investigation has been revived after nearly two years, while authorities are also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,46,36],"tags":[13633,13634,102,85,259,894],"class_list":["post-23788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-latest","category-pakistan","tag-call-centres","tag-digital-fraud","tag-fia","tag-islamabad","tag-jit","tag-money-laundering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23790,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23788\/revisions\/23790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}