Three cyber criminals arrested for duping couple of Rs 90 lakh by posing as fake ATS officers

Lucknow. Cyber ​​crime has arrested three vicious criminals in the case of cheating a couple of Rs 90 lakh in the name of digital arrest by posing as UP ATS officers in Lucknow. The criminals held the couple digital hostage and got the money transferred through RTGS.

Deputy Commissioner of Police Crime Kamlesh Kumar Dixit said on Tuesday that three cyber criminals have been arrested. They have given their names as Mayank Srivastava, resident of Gorakhpur, Irshad of Ghaziabad and Akash alias Manish, resident of Ranikheda, Delhi. Passbooks, checkbooks etc. of many banks have been recovered from them.

During interrogation it was revealed that Mayank had come in contact with Irshad due to financial constraints. On her request, he went to Delhi and met Akash and Jeetu. On their request, he gave them his mobile, current account and all the information related to it. These people kept him in different hotels and during this time conducted transactions worth crores of rupees related to cyber fraud from his mobile. In return, he was given Rs 10,000 and an assurance of Rs 2 lakh. After this, they took Mayank’s debit cards, ATM, check book etc. of banks.

Whereas, the second accused Irshad told that he used to work for Akash and Jeetu on three percent commission. He used to lure the account holders with the lure of money and take away their bank accounts and related things. He also provided them with people’s numbers. ​Accused Manish admitted that he used to work for Jeetu at 3 percent. On Mayank’s consent his check book and account were taken. One crore six lakh 30 thousand rupees of fraud have come into the account of the accused on February 9, which when checked on the NCCRP portal, was found to have registered complaints from Tamil Nadu and many other states.

The police officer said that on January 26, these people intimidated a woman by calling her an officer of UP ATS and accusing her of being involved in serious crimes like terrorism and money laundering. Citing legal action, he was forced to download the Signal app. After digital arrest, the second person took them into confidence by showing fake orders of the Supreme Court and seizure documents and between January 29 and February 9, Rs 90 lakh was transferred to different bank accounts through RTGS. During this time, they kept him under digital arrest and kept threatening him. When the accused again asked him for Rs 11 lakh, he became suspicious and a case was registered against all of them. Advance action is being taken against the accused.