Gurugram: The cyber crime unit of Gurugram police have arrested 15 cyber fraudsters allegedly involved in fraud of Rs 44 crores across the country, as revealed Rs 7.5 lakh amount was returned to victims. Police recovered 12 mobile phones and a SIM card from their possession. According to the report of I4C (Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center), 10,697 complaints and 379 criminal cases were registered against these accused from across the country, which included 25 cases registered from Haryana alone. The arrested accused have been identified as Vipin, Manvinder, Sachin alias Ashu, Krishna, Prashant (resident of Mumbai), Praveen, Narendra alias Chotiya, Anshu Mishra, Avinash, Jeetu, Pradeep Arora alias Peter alias Bunty, Arun, Aditya alias Anish, Manoj Bhardwaj, Ajay Sharma and Samar Singh Gurjar. According to the report of I4C, out of 379 criminal cases registered against these accused from across the country including 25 cases from Haryana alone, 5 cases have been registered in Cyber Crime Police Station East, West and Manesar of Gurugram. Investigation revealed that the accused used to target people with tricks like fake social media profiles, sextortion, investment fraud and Fedex fraud. So far, the police have returned a total amount of Rs 7.5 lakh to the victims in these cases. Apart from this, a check book and an ATM card have also been seized from the accused, and the police are interrogating the accused and more revelations are expected.
Meanwhile, Nuh Cyber Police have arrested a fake Rajasthan native army officer for online fraud who was duping people online by posing as a fake Army officer. The accused created fake IDs and used them to deceive individuals. Police seized three smartphones, six mobile SIM cards and fake Army photographs from his possession. Preliminary investigation revealed, the arrested man has been identified as Mohammad Zahid, a resident of Tyra village in Deeg district, Rajasthan. He had previously duped a person in Kerala, after which his mobile number was flagged among suspicious numbers on the Police Pratimb portal. The police tracked the number and arrested Zahid from near the ITI in Maroda village on May 4. Nuh Cyber Police Station is investigating whether the accused was alone in this gang or there were other people involved with him. Investigation also revealed that the accused used to deceive people by putting up a fake profile of an Army officer on WhatsApp. An FIR was registered against him at Sohna police station and Police are questioning the accused.
