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Police bust gang that extorted money from residents by posing as cops; 2 held

The accused would promise employment to job seekers, collect their documents, and open salary accounts in their names. These accounts were then provided to members of the cyber fraud gang, who used them to transact the money extorted after duping people

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The Dahisar Police in Mumbai have arrested two members of an alleged cyber fraud gang. According to the police, the gang members used to extort money from people by posing as cyber crime branch officers.

The accused —  Varun Kumar Tiwari, 32, and Sachin Mishra, 25 — were nabbed from Mira Road by the Dahisar Cyber Cell last week. According to the police, the duo would provide bank accounts to the kingpin of the gang for transferring the money obtained through the fraud.

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