TWO DESPERATE FRAUDSTERS ARRESTED BY STAFF OF CYBER PS, NORTH-WEST

TWO DESPERATE FRAUDSTERS ARRESTED BY STAFF OF CYBER PS, NORTH-WEST.

THEY CHEATED INNOCENTS IN LIEU OF ATTRACTIVE OFFERS ON THEIR CREDIT CARDS AND PROCURED THEIR CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL DETAIL TO FURTHER USE IT FOR FRAUD TRANSACTIONS.

02 MOBILE PHONES, 03 AADHAAR CARD, 03 PAN CARD, 03 VOTER IDs AND 05 CREDIT & DEBIT CARDS RECOVERED.

THEY HAVE COMMITTED CRIME OF FRAUD USING CREDIT CARD DETAILS VIRTUALLY IN VARIOUS METROPOLITAN CITIES INCLUDING DELHI & HYDERABAD.

ONE OF THEM WORKED AS DATA THEIF WHILE OTHER AS CYBER THEIF, THUS CHEATING PEOPLE SO AS TO EARN EASY MONEY.

THEY PROCURED CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL DETAILS OF THE INNOCENTS THROUGH THEIR GMAIL IDs USED TO REMEMBER PASSWORDS, CARD DETAILS AND OTHER LOGIN INFORMATION.

THEY LEARNT THE FRAUDULENT TECHNIQUES WHILE WORKING IN A CALL CENTER FOR 02 YEARS AND CHEATED MORE THAN 50 IN LAST 06 MONTHS.*

With the arrest of two desperate fraudsters namely, Abhay Verma S/o Vibhishan Verma R/o Vikas Nagar, Uttam Nagar, Delhi, Age- 22 Years and Nishan Singh S/o Joginder Singh R/o Chander Vihar, Nilothi, Delhi, Age- 30 years,* Staff of Cyber PS North-West solved a cheating case registered vide FIR No. 43/22 u/s 420 IPC PS Cyber and recovered 02 mobile phones, 03 Aadhaar cards, 03 PAN Cards, 03 voter Ids and 05 credit & debit cards, including 01 ATM Card used for withdrawal of cheated money. They cheated innocents in lieu of attractive offers on their credit cards and procured their confidential financial detail to further use it for fraud transactions. They have committed crime of fraud using credit cards virtually in various metropolitan cities including Delhi & Hyderabad. They learnt the fraudulent techniques while working in a call center for 02 years and cheated more than 50 in last 06 months.

Brief Facts and Incident Details:-
On 02.05.2022, a complaint was received in PS Cyber North-West in which complainant namely, Sh. Rajesh Kumar Arya S/o Sh. Ram Swaroop Arya R/o Kewal Park, Adarsh Nagar, Delhi aged 43 years alleged that transactions of Rs. 24238/-, Rs. 50,698/-, Rs. 50698/- and Rs. 24,238/- were debited without his consent from his Induslnd Bank Credit Card. After some time, an amount of Rs. 24238/- was also debited from his Axis Bank Credit Card. He neither shared any OTP nor he shared his credit card details with anybody.

Accordingly, a case vide FIR No. 43/22 u/s 420 IPC was registered in Cyber Police Station and investigation was taken up.

Team & Investigation:-
Considering the gravity of offence and nature of incident, a dedicated team led by Insp. Vijender, SHO/ PS Cyber comprising of SI Vinod Dahiya, HC Manish & HC Gaurav was constituted under close supervision of ACP/Operations and overall supervision of the undersigned. The team was briefed properly and tasked to nab the culprits at the earliest.

As per the inputs and details given by the complainant, the team mounted technical surveillance and details of beneficiary bank accounts were thoroughly examined. Accordingly, sources were deployed to gather local intelligence in order to nab the accused persons. The debited amount from the complainant’s account was found to be credited in a Punjab National Bank’s Account at Jalandhar, Punjab. The team further interrogated the account holder and she disclosed that her relative (Bhanja) Sandeep took her mobile SIM and ATM card from her in good faith. Based on her inputs, the team nabbed alleged Sandeep and enquired him, who further disclosed that he had once shared these bank account details with his friend, who once used to live as his neighbour in Delhi. He was not aware about their current address. But the team continued persistent efforts and raiding different locations in Delhi, based on technical surveillance. Further, on the basis of information collected & analysis of details, a trap was laid down and two persons were apprehended, who were later identified as Abhay Verma S/o Vibhishan Verma R/o Vikas Nagar, Uttam Nagar, Delhi, Age- 22 Years and Nishan Singh S/o Joginder Singh R/o Chander Vihar, Nilothi, Delhi, Age- 30 years. Digital evidences related to the instant case were collected from their possession, including 02 mobile phones, 03 Aadhaar cards, 03 PAN Cards, 03 voter Ids and 05 credit & debit cards, including ATM Card used for withdrawal of cheated money.

During their sustained interrogation, they confessed their involvement in the instant case and disclosed that they alongwith their associate, used to login into E-mail Ids, especially on Gmail of random unknown people who innocently shared the secret codes, by using the forgot password option.

They further disclosed that after successfully logging in the e-mail ids, they used to collect secret banking details including saved credit card details and saved passwords. Using this information, they used to initiate digital transfer of money from victim’s bank accounts to various bank accounts that are not related to them directly, and without their knowledge.

On their further sustained interrogation, they disclosed that accused Abhay Verma S/o Vibhishan Verma was responsible for data collection who gathered confidential banking details of innocent persons in lieu of attractive offers on their credit cards, while accused Nishan Singh S/o Joginder Singh was the one who transferred money using collected information to bank accounts that are not related to them and without their knowledge. They used to share the cheated money in the ratio 70:30 percent, while Abhay Verma S/o Vibhishan Verma received 70% share and Nishan Singh S/o Joginder Singh used to receive 30% share.

They further disclosed that they have committed crime of fraud using credit cards virtually in various metropolitan cities including Delhi & Hyderabad. They learnt the fraudulent techniques while working in a call center for 02 years and cheated more than 50 in last 06 months.

Further efforts are being made to trace their involvements in other similar incidents also and to trace their other accomplice.

Details of Accused Persons:-
• Nishan Singh S/o Joginder Singh R/o Chander Vihar, Nilothi, Delhi, Age- 30 years. He stays in Delhi with his wife and sister-in-law and keeps travelling in search of bank accounts to be used for withdrawal of cheated money. He is the mastermind who actually cheated innocent persons by transferring their hard earned money to different bank accounts. He used to work in a Call Center in Uttam Nagar, Delhi from where he pioneered in online payments and digital transfers. He is fond of living a luxurious life and in order to meet the expenses of a lavish lifestyle he started cheating innocents.

• Abhay Verma S/o Vibhishan Verma R/o Vikas Nagar, Uttam Nagar, Delhi, Age- 22 years. He lives in Delhi with his mother & brother and keeps travelling to various metropolitan cities portraying himself as a bank employee in order to collect confidential banking information of customers and to further cheat them. He used to work in a Call Center in Uttam Nagar, Delhi from where he learnt to communicate with various bank customers and to extract secret information from them. He is also fond of living a luxurious life and in order to meet the expenses of a lavish lifestyle he started cheating innocents.

Recovery:-
 02 mobile phones, 03 Aadhaar cards, 03 PAN Cards, 03 voter Ids and 05 credit & debit cards, including ATM Card used for withdrawal of cheated money.

Further investigation of the case is in progress.

(USHA RANGNANI) IPS
Dy. Commissioner of Police
North-West District, Delhi