Every day new cases of cyber fraud are coming to light, where innocent people are being made victims. Today we are going to tell you about one such gang, which has been arrested and has committed a fraud of about Rs 22 crore. The arrested accused told that a seminar was held in Dubai.
According to media reports, Cyber Cell police station arrested two criminals on Monday. This gang used to cheat innocent people in the name of fake share trading and steal their hard-earned money.
People of 23 states were defrauded
In the name of fake online share trading, these people have defrauded 168 people from 23 states to the tune of Rs 22 crore 42 lakh. The arrested accused actually provided bank accounts for depositing the money. Along with this, they also used to trap people through social media.
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3 cyber fraud cases exposed
According to the report, Additional Police Commissioner Dinesh Kumar P said that three incidents from Ghaziabad have also come to light during the interrogation of the accused. Kushalpal Singh was cheated of Rs 70 lakh, Bhagwant Kumar Singh Bora was cheated of Rs 24.81 lakh and Rahul Raja was cheated of Rs 52 lakh. Rs 36 lakh has been recovered from the defrauded amount.
Contact through social media
Police investigation has revealed that the accused had come in contact with the gang leader Hussain through social media. After the conversation, he started giving them work. The arrested people used to open fake bank accounts in the name of common people by taking documents of them. After this these accounts were sold to Hussain. After this, these accused used to withdraw the fraudulent amount from these accounts.
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Seminar was held in Dubai
Rahul told during interrogation that a seminar was held in Dubai a few days ago. Thugs present in other countries also participated in this seminar. These people came from countries like Thailand, Indonesia and Nepal.