South-East Cyber Station Police has exposed a gang committing cyber fraud in the name of updating courier delivery address. Police have arrested the gang's alleged mastermind Nasir Hussain, Shokeen and former retail business executive Ashish Arya. The investigation has revealed information about more than 100 suspicious fuel cards and suspicious financial transactions worth about Rs 10 crore.
Cheating by sending APK file on WhatsApp
According to the police, on May 7, complainant Jitendra Kumar Gupta received a message on WhatsApp in the name of courier service. An APK file was sent to update the delivery address. After opening the file, he was asked for HDFC net banking information to pay Rs 2.
As soon as the information was entered, Rs 1,99,009.44 and Rs 1,98,009.44 were withdrawn from his bank account twice. A complaint was lodged after a total fraud of Rs 3,97,018.88.
Fuel card network worth Rs 15 lakh revealed in investigation
Scrutiny of banking and payment records revealed that around Rs 3.97 lakh was used to recharge a customer ID of HPCL Drive Track Plus. Transactions worth about Rs 15 lakh were revealed through the fuel cards of two trucks linked to this.
The police investigation reached Mewat region after examining telecom records, SIM issuance information, point-of-sale records and fuel card enrolment.
Suspect of making 150-200 fake fuel cards
Police reached Shaukeen through video KYC. After this, Nasir Hussain was traced from Tapukada area of Khairthal-Tijara district of Rajasthan. The police arrested the accused on 28 September.
During interrogation, Ashish Arya allegedly told that he had enrolled for the fuel card without doing physical verification of the supporting documents. According to the police, more than 100 suspicious fuel cards have come to light and there is a possibility of around 150-200 fake cards being made. The limit of each card is stated to be Rs 7.5 lakh.
Investigation of cases related to other states also
Police are investigating suspicious transactions worth around Rs 10 crore. Nasir's alleged involvement has also come to light in two other cases registered in the cyber police station of South-Eastern district. Investigation into possible connection with complaints from other states and a cyber fraud case registered at Nagina police station in Nuh is also ongoing.
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