Sagar Thakkar bought Virat Kohli's Audi R8 from a Delhi car dealer.
The scam, which operated since 2013 through at least half a dozen call centres in Thane, targeted at least 15,000 US-based tax payers, who were allegedly conned by Indian tele-callers.
From June 1 to October 4, the call centre scam mastermind collected Rs 12 crore from just one call centre.
The 33-year-old man, identified as Jagdish Kanani was arrested from suburban Borivali on Sunday night.
A drunken conversation tipped off Thane Crime Branch detectives to the unprecedented scam targeting unsuspecting Americans from call centres in Thane.