Nine people have been detained by the UT police's Cyber Crime Investigation Cell for allegedly defrauding three city residents of Rs 93 lakh on the pretence of providing them with work-from-home possibilities.
The accused's main method of operation involved luring potential victims into part-time work through WhatsApp messaging.
After the victims joined Telegram groups at the direction of the accused, they were given assignments including liking social media posts and subscribing to YouTube channels. The fraudsters initially paid the victims to win their trust, but eventually deceived them into investing money with claims of numerous returns and big gains.
Money stolen from victims has been found in other countries like Dubai, China, Indonesia, and Pakistan, where suspects are thought to have used digital wallets.
Transactions of Rs 150 crore were discovered while looking into three incidents of fraud, police discovered transactions totaling Rs 150 crore in 24 bank accounts. Twenty or more fraudulent trading firms have been found.
A complaint was filed in June when one of the complainants, Kawaljeet Singh, claimed to have lost Rs 39.53 lakh. Three people were detained in connection with the case: Sandeep Kumar Sangwan (age 28), Rakesh (age 28), also known as Rinku, of Charkhi Dadri, Haryana, and Manish Rawat (age 33), of Delhi.
Report by Himanshi
Graphics by Tarun Gaur
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