Two July 2025 news reports said Pakistan’s National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA), working with local law enforcement, raided an alleged investment-fraud operation in Faisalabad. Both reported 149 people detained, including 78 Pakistani nationals and 73 foreign nationals—but those subgroup figures add up to 151, not 149. The count has not been reconciled in the available reporting, and the alleged scheme should not be treated as proven guilt.
What happened in Faisalabad?
TechJuice and Computerworld Pakistan reported that the raid took place near Shangla Hill on Shahkot Road in Faisalabad in July 2025. They described the target as an illegal call centre allegedly operating a Ponzi or investment-fraud scheme. TechJuice’s report and Computerworld Pakistan’s July 9, 2025 report both cited 149 people detained.
The reports attribute their accounts to the operation, but the official NCCIA pages available at the time did not confirm this specific raid, its figures or any case outcome. The NCCIA website identifies the agency and lists a Faisalabad office; it does not, in the pages reviewed, provide incident-specific confirmation.
Why do the reported arrest figures conflict?
Both reports state a total of 149 detainees and give a breakdown of 78 Pakistani nationals and 73 foreign nationals. Those subgroup figures total 151. Until an authoritative correction or update resolves the mismatch, the breakdown should be treated as reported but inconsistent—not as a verified accounting of the total.
Computerworld Pakistan said officials had not disclosed the foreign detainees’ nationalities. A later December 2025 digest, published in January 2026, mentions 48 Chinese nationals in connection with a July Faisalabad raid, but it does not reconcile the full count or establish a corrected breakdown. It therefore does not resolve the discrepancy.
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The reports characterized the call centre’s activity as an alleged Ponzi or investment-fraud operation. That description is an allegation, not a court finding. The available reporting does not establish a conviction, final judgment or current court disposition.
TechJuice also reported that seven cases had been filed and named Malik Tahseen Awan as a suspect then at large. That is a historical claim in that report; it does not establish his current status. No verifiable verbatim statement from a named official about this raid appears in the cited accounts, so paraphrased claims should not be mistaken for direct quotations.
Quick Recap
What should readers take away?
- The reports place the operation near Shangla Hill on Shahkot Road in Faisalabad, in July 2025.
- The reported 149 detentions and the 78/73 nationality breakdown are not arithmetically consistent.
- The alleged fraud remains an allegation in the available reports; they do not establish guilt or a final court outcome.
- The correct total, full nationality breakdown and any later authoritative case update remain unresolved in the sources cited here.
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