Japan, India bust international fraud ring with Microsoft's help

Private-sector expertise plays major role in tracing cybercrime

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Microsoft's Digital Crimes Unit provided crucial information to Japanese and Indian authorities that enabled them to track a digital fraud ring. © AP

REI KOBAYASHI and TATSUYA SUDO

TOKYO -- Japan's National Police Agency and India's Central Bureau of Investigation, aided by information supplied by Microsoft and other private-sector organizations, have uncovered an India-based fraud ring that targeted people living in Japan.

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