Delhi police bust gang of cheaters; one accused held

Delhi police said it has busted a gang for allegedly indulging in cyber fraud and cheating businessmen across the country on the pretext of providing high profit through investment in IPO tradingA team of Cyber Police Station West District arrested one accused person identified as Suraj 22 a resident of Sahibabad Uttar PradeshDCP West Vichitra Veer said they received a complaint on March 4 from a Delhi resident alleging that he was scammed by a fraudster using WhatsApp and a fake trading app of a bankThe complainant invested in order to take advantage of the high returns and transferred approximately Rs 11 lakhs into 3 different bank accounts During the probe it was discovered that a fraudster had created a fake Aadhar card and opened current accounts in multiple banks DCP Veer saidA case was registered under IPC Section 420 at the Cyber West police stationThe investigation revealed that multiple accounts were opened by the fraudsters in various banks in the area of Faridabad Haryana where unlimited fraudulent transactions were made by them The account holder opened the accounts after changing the name and address in the Aadhar Card DCP Veer addedDuring the investigation it came to light that five bank accounts had been opened Details were obtained and it was found that the cheated amount was transferred to different banks in Delhi and outside he saidAccordingly a raid was conducted and the accused was apprehended During the investigation the accused revealed that he opened an account on fake IDs with the help of Sanju and Nishant and four other bank accounts The accused was arrested in the present case DCP Veer addedAt least 10 complaints are reported on MHAs cybercrime portal against the present account of the accused Rs 30 lakhs of cheated amounts were credited from October 17 2023 to February 17 2024 DCP Veer saidRaids are also being conducted to apprehend coaccused persons they saidInvestigations further revealed that the main accused along with other accused persons first used to open bank accounts by making fake IDs and then along with other syndicate members used to cheat innocent persons by making false promises the DCP addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever