A surprising case has come to light from Ahmedabad. Here, a garment trader from Behrampura area of the city lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime Police that cyber criminals were threatening him. Along with this, he has also shared obscene pictures of his wife. According to the complainant, he had taken a loan some time back through the app.
The businessman who gave the complaint told in his FIR that to deal with the financial crisis after Corona, he took a loan from an app on the advice of his friend on December 28, 2021. He first downloaded the app and took a loan of Rs 6,000 and then got around Rs 3,480 after deducting several charges. Then after about a week, he had returned Rs 6,000.
According to the businessman, there was a great need of money in those days, so he had taken a loan of Rs 1.20 lakh from 14 other similar apps. The businessman had returned Rs 2.36 lakh of the loan in January. Even after paying Rs. The complainant said that not only did he get such calls, but people in his phone’s contact list also started receiving threatening calls.
The complainant said that the cyber miscreants morphed the picture of his wife and converted it into an obscene picture. Then that pornographic picture was first sent to the complainant and later to his relatives who were on his phone’s contact list. When the complainants got fed up with the habits of cyber fraudsters, they approached the police.
Cybercrime police have registered a case of sending obscene pictures, cheating and criminal intimidation under the IT Act. Police officials said cyber crooks gain access to victims’ phones with the promise of easy loans, using which they threaten not only the borrower but also the people on his contact list. Then he makes the personal photos and videos of the person in front of him public, so that the money can be extorted.
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