- Inter state Gang of Cyber Criminals busted by Ludhiana Police, 7 nabbed 5.45 lakh recovered
- FIR no 209 dated 23-11-2020 u/s 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B IPC and66B, 66D IT act has been registered against them at PS Sahnewal
Ludhiana,(Sanjay Minka)-The modus operandi used by the accused is that the accused used to procure Identity cards like Aadhar, PAN of people belonging to other states like West Bengal, Assam etc. through online groups on Facebook/Whatsapp etc. and also from some local Telecom shops. These identity proofs were then used to obtain multiple mobile Sim cards and open multiple bank accounts and debit/credt cards in various banks (mostly ICICI bank). These bank accounts/debit cards/sim cards were then either sold to other fraudsters in states like Jharkhand, West Bengal etc. for about Rs 2000-3000 each and were also used by the accused to get online loans from Apps like DHANI and RED CARPET and transfer the amounts to online wallets and later to their personal bank accounts. The accused have duped online Apps like DHANI and RED CARPET to the amount of nearly Rs 30 lakhs.The accused also duped OLA cab drivers in other cities like Hyderabad, Pune, Delhi etc by getting OTP’s from them in the name of verification by OLA company and then open multiple bank accounts on the credentials of OLA cab drivers which were then later used for fraudulent activities online.Along with this, the accused used to carry out multiple fraudulent transactions using these fake bank accounts, debit cards and sim cards on websites like Zomato, Swiggy, Amazon, Flipkart etc.The accused in connivance with delivery boys of BLUE DART courier used to receive multiple debit/credit cards on fake addresses in Ludhiana. The courier boy was paid Rs 100 as commission per delivery. The delivery boy of BLUE DART has also been arrested. Further, the connivance of any Bank officials will be probed during the investigation.So far 9 bank accounts of the accused in various banks have been identified and a sum of Rs 2.5 lakhs obtained through these fraudulent transactions has been freezed. We are also contacting other Banks and online payment gateways and all their accounts and online wallets are being freezed.
Accused arrested:1. Vijay kumar alias Bittu s/o Shankar prasad r/o gorakhpur UP2. Anshuman singh @ anshu s/o santosh singh3. Sushil kumar Patel S/O lalit Singh4. Suraj Kumar s/o Gopal Chaurasia5. Sanjay Kumar S/O Jageshwar dyal6. Rohit s/o Puran Chand (blue dart courier)7. Ram narayan alias DabluRecoveries made:1. Rupees 5.45 Lakhs2. 10 mobile phones3. 8 laptops4. 1 printer, 1 scanner5. 3 credit card6. 17 Sim card7. 6 memory card8. 45 Pan card9. 11 ATM card
