On December 3, 2020, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States Department of Justice announced that Tahilramani had been arrested in Manchester. The perpetrator of the scam has also been known to use foreign accents and altered voices, impersonating both male and female film executives from the United States, United Kingdom, and China. Long believed to be a female, the perpetrator has been identified as Hargobind Punjabi Tahilramani, a male Indonesian national with ties to the United Kingdom. The perpetrator of the scam is known to impersonate female industry executives, including Amy Pascal, Deborah Snyder, Wendi Deng Murdoch, Kathleen Kennedy, and others. On several occasions, aspiring actors were encouraged to conduct phone auditions in which they are given little time to prepare for a sex scene performed between them and the producer. The video, which circulated widely online, has been credited with connecting targets of the scam. On one occasion, Carley Rudd, a freelance photographer, posted a lengthy video on Instagram about her experience with the scam after returning from Indonesia. Targets may not realize they are the target of the scam until returning home and conducting research. Throughout the process, the target communicates with the person who invited them to Jakarta, who becomes increasingly irate, demanding, or inappropriate. When targets become upset or frustrated after days of cancelled meetings and driving, they often leave the country early. The skyline of Jakarta, where targets of the scam travel under the guise of participating in the production of a film.