6 Got Arrested for Deceiving a Man of 1.36 Cr via Digital Arrest
“The fake digital arrest cases are increasing day by day because cybercriminals know that many individuals don’t know about them clearly.”
Cybercrime Police
| Cybercrime police claimed Thursday that a 6-member gang had been captured for using a “digital arrest” operation to defraud a citizen out of Rs 1.36 crore.
The victim was informed that he was being investigated for possessing Rs 2 crore in illicit funds and that his cell phone would be disconnected. |
What happened?
| 1. The defendants threatened the victim with legal action and forced him to send the money via RTGS (real-time gross settlement) by posing as representatives of the Supreme Court, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).
2. The group used fraudulent IDs to make video conversations on WhatsApp, wore fictitious police uniforms, and altered papers, such as a letter with a phony Supreme Court Bar Association seal and fictitious warrants that appeared to have been issued by a court. |
How did they solve the case?
- An FIR was filed under several provisions of the IT Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita based on the complaint.
- Police employed technical surveillance to find and apprehend the offenders from several locations in Banaskantha and Ahmedabad.
Identities of the criminals
- 2 of the defendants, Yash Patel, 25, and Nishant Rathod, 43, were Vastral residents and traders who worked out of Shed No. 13 at Khodiyar Estate, CTM. They acquired SIM cards used in the scam and assisted in opening existing bank accounts.
- Their accomplices, Jagdish Choudhary (27), Siddhraj Chauhan (22), Hitesh Chaudhary (26), and Kuldeep Joshi (20), were farmers or laborers in Banaskantha. They assisted with managing the bank accounts, sending out OTPs through mobile apps, and communicating with foreign handlers via Telegram.
What did the police find?
In addition to being mentioned in a formal complaint regarding internet fraud in Vadodara, police discovered that the gang had already created numerous fictitious identities. To find more victims and connections to the networks of other scammers, more research is being done.
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