₹22 crore online fraud: Gujarat gang caught with a network abroad
More than 30 complaints were registered in 23 states
Updated: Sep 17th, 2023
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Vadodara Cyber Cell has busted an online fraud gang and nabbed six from Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, and Bhavnagar.
Fraudulent bank accounts with registered mobiles were supplied to foreign countries by the accused working under the direction of the perpetrators from overseas. The police have seized seven mobile phones from the accused.
Part-time job offer scam
The accused used to call people and offer them high-paying investment schemes and part-time jobs. Initially, they paid the victims for online tasks, and after gaining their trust, the fraudsters extorted huge sums of money, terming it as ‘deposits’.
Ahmedabad's Jigar Shukla, an MBA in finance, used to create fake firms. Jatin Patel, a bank agent, used to open bank accounts in the names of loan holders and other acquaintances of his.
Khalid and Riaz of Bhavnagar supplied the SIM cards and Sandeep Pandya of Ahmedabad used to send these bank account kits to Pradyumansingh of Gandhinagar. Another accused named Pradyumansingh would deliver these bank kits to Dubai.
The end of the operations
Hardik Mankadia, ACP of Cyber Cell, said that preliminary information has revealed that 30 bank kits were sent by Pradyumansingh to the ‘bosses’ in Dubai. Transactions of ₹22 crore worth of transactions were seen in bank accounts of the accused within four to five months.
The accused used to change the board of the companies once the bank agent would visit the rented house. As soon as the bank agent left, a board with the name of another company was put up.
More than 300 complaints registered in 23 states
A gang of thugs extorted ₹21.97 lakh from Jitendra Badgujar, an engineer living in Karelibaug area of Vadodara, in the name of an online part-time job. Based on the complaint filed by Jitendra Badgujar, the Vadodara Cyber Cell has investigated and nabbed six members of the gang.
When the police investigated the account to which Jitendra's money was transferred, a transaction of ₹6 crore was found to an account named Udit Enterprise.
In the investigation of the police, the details of cheating in 23 states of India have been revealed through the accounts of the above gang. In which more than 300 complaints have been received.
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