Cyber ​​fraud of 100 crores exposed in Haryana: trap spread from Delhi to Andaman, trapping with offers on social media; 28 thousand cases traced

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Haryana Police has made a big disclosure of cyber fraud of about 100 crores. The Haryana Police has traced about 28,000 cases after simultaneous raids on the hideouts of cyber fraudsters in Nuh. According to the police, fraudsters would give offers to people through social media. Fake SIM, Aadhaar card would have trapped people in their trap. They used to transfer the cheated money to fake bank accounts so that the police could not reach them.

This gang has targeted people from Haryana to the national capital Delhi and from UP to Andaman and Nicobar. In this regard, Nuh SP Varun Singla said that on the night of 27-28 April, 102 teams of 5 thousand policemen raided 14 villages of Nuh simultaneously. During this, around 125 suspected hackers were detained. Out of these, 66 accused were identified and arrested. All were produced in court and taken on remand for 7 to 11 days.

40 cyber experts questioned
Haryana DGP Prashant Kumar Agarwal formed a team of 40 cyber experts from all over Haryana to interrogate these cyber criminals. Mobiles and SIM cards seized during the raid were also technically examined and information related to TSP, ISP, Bank, NPCI, UPI Intermediaries, UIDAI, DOT, Social Media Platform Facebook, WhatsApp, OLX etc. was also sought. The thugs used to trap people in their trap by giving attractive offers on these platforms.

In this whole matter, the help of the Indian Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Center of the Union Home Ministry was also taken. After which, during the investigation of the recovered mobile SIM, it came to light that cyber thugs have so far cheated more than Rs 100 crore from about 28 thousand people from 35 states and union territories across the country. Already 1346 FIRs have been registered against these cyber fraudsters across the country.

Information received on 219 accounts
The investigation also revealed information about 219 accounts of private and public sector banks and 140 UPI accounts, which were being used to commit cyber frauds. These bank accounts were found to be mainly active online. Cheating was being done by cheating people on the pretext of giving jobs and then by getting Aadhaar card, PAN card, mobile number and online KYC done.

Sims of other states were being used
Apart from this, 347 SIM cards activated from telecom companies’ Haryana, West Bengal, Assam, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, North East, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka circles have also been detected. These thugs were using it for cybercrime. During investigation, the source of fake SIMs and bank accounts has been found to be mainly linked to Bharatpur district of Rajasthan.

211 cyber thugs of Haryana
250 wanted cyber criminals have also been identified, out of which 20 are from Rajasthan, 19 from Uttar Pradesh and 211 from Haryana, acting as co-accused of cyber criminals caught in 16 cases registered in Nuh district. The cyber criminals, who are in the age group of 18-35 years, disclosed that they generally worked in groups of 3-4 persons. Cyber ​​criminals mainly used common service centers to withdraw cash, while some others used ATMs installed in different villages for the same.

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