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Jharkhand CID Arrests 7 Individuals in Cybercrime Racket Linked to Chinese Scammers

Police claim that the scheme employed digital arrest and bogus investment to steal from individuals. By setting up mule bank accounts, the gang used to carry out illicit activities on behalf of the Chinese group.

Seven persons have been arrested for their involvement in a cybercrime ring that was operating in India from China, according to the Jharkhand Criminal Investigation Department’s (CID) cybercrime branch.

The seven individuals who were arrested previously served as the racket’s agents, providing information to the Chinese crooks. The accused were taken into custody from the Ranchi Hotel, where they had previously operated.

They are named as Shivam Kumar, Anil Kumar, Pradeep Kumar, Lakhan Chaurasia, Prabhat Kumar, Kumar Saurabh, and Kumar Deepak. They are all either Madhya Pradesh or Bihar residents. They have yielded a laptop, a checkbook, fourteen ATMs, twelve cell phones, and eleven SIM cards.

The Chinese cybercriminals would use Telegram to transmit applications to their Indian agents, who would then install them on the phones of clients who had bank account-linked SIM cards.

After installation, the program would automatically send bank notifications and OTP to the Chinese server, giving Chinese scammers remote access to bank accounts. They would be able to commit cybercrimes costing crores thanks to this.

The accounts that were used for fraudulent operations are located in various Indian states. A total of sixty bank account details have been received thus far. This gang has been the target of 68 allegations filed in different Indian states.

The gang’s leader had previously worked for several Chinese businesses, including Moon Pay, Dragon Pay, Super Pay, and MangoIndia Pay. Together with the Chinese goons, the scammers used to set up common bank accounts and conduct illicit operations.

The accused’s Telegram and WhatsApp conversations yielded a wealth of digital evidence, including bank account details.

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