Delhi Police has exposed a big cyber crime syndicate. So far 89 members of the gang have been arrested in this action. Investigation has revealed that the accused together committed cyber fraud of about Rs 40 crore across the country. Police said that so far recovery of around Rs 51 lakh has been made in this case. According to officials, the gang used to make people victims of online fraud in different ways. During the investigation of the case, several bank accounts, mobile numbers and digital transactions were scrutinized.
35 cyber criminals have been arrested, exposing a large cyber fraud network spread across the country. Apart from this, 54 other suspects were detained and interrogated. According to the police, during the investigation, raids were conducted in many states including Jharkhand, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi. The accused used to scare people by using methods like “Digital Arrest” and duped them of huge amount of money. Apart from this, the gang was also involved in online frauds like illegal transactions through Mule accounts and APK scams. Cyber thugs used to gain access to people’s mobile phones and banking information by sending fake apps and links. After this, money was withdrawn from the accounts and transferred to different accounts.
According to the police, during the operation, Rs 14 lakh 18 thousand in cash, 359 SIM cards, 218 ATM cards and 88 mobile phones were recovered. Apart from this, the entire technical and financial network infrastructure used in cyber fraud has also been seized. The links of this gang have been found to be connected to many states. Police said that due to timely action taken, an amount of about Rs 1.11 crore could be saved. Of these, approximately Rs 51.95 lakh has also been returned to the victims.
Raids in 7 states
According to police officials, several special teams were formed for this operation. The teams worked continuously 24 hours a day with the help of technical monitoring, money transaction patterns and digital intelligence. During the investigation, simultaneous raids were conducted at many places including Jharkhand, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Delhi. In this action, the police also destroyed the network and infrastructure used in cyber fraud.
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