13 persons have been detained by the Gurugram Police on Wednesday for allegedly defrauding victims of cybercrime nationwide out of more than Rs 80 crore.
Atul Kumar, Rohit, Mukeem alias Monu Chaudhary, Yatin Kumar Pathak, Rahul, Munesh, Aditya Chaturvedi, Avinash Sharma, Ramprakash, Mujammil, Nilofar, Abhishek Kumar Mishra, and Harshit Shukla were the names of the accused, who were from various states, according to the police. FIRs filed in Haryana served as the basis for the arrests, which took place between January 16 and March 15.
“The accused were involved in multiple cases across states,” said the city’s Cyber Crime Unit led by Assistant Commissioner of Police Priyanshu Diwan.
He went on to say that the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre’s (I4C) data on the offenses and the accused helped with the operation. I4C in New Delhi, which was founded by the Union Home Ministry, serves as a framework and ecosystem for law enforcement organizations to coordinate and combat cybercrime holistically.
The police claim that the accused were engaged in a variety of cybercrimes, such as debit card fraud, share market investment fraud, loan fraud, extortion via WhatsApp video chats, and defrauding using phony Google customer service numbers. According to the inquiry, the suspects utilized six SIM cards and ten telephones to do their job.
327 cases have been filed against the accused, 18 of which are in Haryana alone, according to the information supplied by I4C.
The methods used by the criminals to defraud victims in other states were disclosed in two of the FIRs filed in Haryana.
A victim from Jharkhand who was in desperate need of money fell for a plan distribution ad that was affixed to a bridge in Udyog Vihar. She was urged to meet near Mauzami Market, Harish Bakery, on Jail Road after ringing the given WhatsApp number.
Her PAN and Aadhaar card data were requested by two suspects, Rohit and Mukeem, both known as Monu Chaudhary. After she downloaded the IDFC and Bajaj Finance applications to her phone, they persuaded her that her loan of Rs 30,000 had been authorized, with Rs 2,000 going to them as a fee.
They then requested her passbook and gave her Rs 20,000, saying they would deliver the remaining amount later. They began to avoid her, though, and it was discovered that she had been the beneficiary of loans totaling Rs 62,500 from Bajaj Finance and Rs 66,979 from IDFC Bank.
A call was made to another victim promising that a scooter for sale would be delivered the next day. After expressing interest, he got a call the next day from someone posing as the delivery agent, demanding Rs 12,500, which the complaint paid using UPI.
The victim then sent Rs 12,500 once again and an extra Rs 15,560 for security clearance after the accused agent stated that the money had not been received. The complaint was only brought to the attention of the authorities after the caller requested an additional Rs 25,000.
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