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Gautam Budh Nagar Commissionerate Police, taking major action against cyber criminals under ‘Operation Cyber Vajra’, has busted a fake call center operating in Police Station Phase-1 area of Noida. The police have arrested five members of a gang that cheated people in the name of processing fees on the pretext of providing loans at low interest.
According to the police, the accused used to assure needy people of getting loans at low interest rates on easy terms. When the victims agreed to their talks, they were asked to deposit processing fees. After this, confidential information related to Aadhar card, PAN card, OTP and bank account was also obtained from them.
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Many important documents and electronic devices including mobile phones, laptops, chequebooks, passbooks, calling data, script books, billing books, internet routers, which were being used in fraud, have been recovered from the possession of the arrested accused.
This is how police revealed the secret of the entire network in ‘Operation Cyber Vajra’
ADCP Manisha Singh said that on the instructions of Police Commissioner Lakshmi Singh, a special campaign is being conducted against cyber criminals. Under this campaign, on July 11, Police Station Phase-1 investigated 159 suspicious bank accounts during ‘Operation Cyber Vajra’.
During the investigation, the police identified 19 red zones and did technical analysis of about 2500 mobile numbers. With the help of complaints registered on the NCRP portal, local intelligence and surveillance, the police reached the fake call center operated on the first floor of D-80, Sector-2.
During the raid, the police arrested Pawan Kumar, Mohit, Harsh Sharma, Swati and Preeti from the spot. During initial interrogation, all the accused have admitted to targeting people in the name of fake loans.
No loan, just fraud… they used to stop contact after taking fees
During interrogation, the accused told the police that they used to contact people looking for loans through social media, calls and other means. They were assured of providing instant loans at very low interest rates.
After winning the trust, the accused used to deposit the amount in their accounts in the name of processing fees. After this, sensitive information like Aadhaar card, PAN card, bank details and OTP were also obtained from the victims. After collecting the fees, neither the loan was approved nor the deposited amount was returned.
Police say that the gang has cheated crores of rupees by targeting hundreds of people across the country in this manner. More than 10 complaints from different states have been registered on the NCRP portal against mobile numbers linked to the gang.
Investigation of bank accounts and networks continues
The police are now investigating the bank accounts, financial transactions and their entire network of the accused. It is also being ascertained who other people are associated with this gang and to which accounts the defrauded amount was transferred.
Officials believe that as the investigation progresses, there may be many more revelations related to this cyber network. Police are also matching the complaints filed in other states to ascertain the number of victims and the actual amount of fraud.
At present, interrogation of the five arrested accused is going on. The police is trying to connect the links of the entire network and reach out to other people active behind this cyber fraud.
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