17 arrested for cheating in the name of digital arrest.
Ahmedabad: Cases of digital arrest are coming to light every day across the country. Gujarat’s Ahmedabad cyber team has busted a gang that cheats people in the name of digital arrest. 17 accused have been arrested in this case, including 4 Taiwanese. Police have recovered Rs 12.75 lakh in cash, 761 SIM cards, 120 mobile phones, 96 check books, 92 debit and credit cards and 42 bank passbooks of accounts related to transactions from them.
Senior citizen put under digital arrest for 10 days
Giving information about the case, Joint Commissioner (Crime) Sharad Singhal said that this gang ‘digitally arrested’ a senior citizen for 10 days. During this time, by keeping an eye on him through video call, he got Rs 79.34 lakh transferred from him to resolve ‘an issue of RBI’. According to the police, the senior citizen complained that some people were claiming to be officials of TRAI, CBI and Cyber Crime Branch. He alleged that illegal transactions were taking place from his bank account.
Accused caught from different states
Sharad Singhal said, “After receiving the complaint last month, our teams conducted raids at various places in Gujarat, Delhi, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Odisha and Maharashtra and arrested 17 people for running this gang across the country. Taiwanese citizens are also among those arrested. We believe they may have targeted around 1,000 people so far.” He identified the four Taiwanese nationals as Moo Chi Sung (42), Chang Hu Yun (33), Wang Chun Wei (26) and Shen Wei. (35) The remaining 13 accused are residents of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Odisha and Rajasthan.
App made to transfer money
Sharad Singhal said that the four accused from Taiwan had been coming to India for the last one year and they provided mobile phone apps and other technical support to the gang members to transfer money from one account to another. He said, “The mobile apps that the gang was using were made by the accused from Taiwan. They also added online wallets to their system. The victims’ money was sent through this app to other bank accounts and crypto accounts in Dubai. They also got commission through hawala for the money sent through the app.” This gang was being operated from various call centres. Police have recovered Rs 12.75 lakh in cash, 761 SIM cards, 120 mobile phones, 96 check books, 92 debit and credit cards and 42 bank passbooks of accounts related to transactions from them.
What is digital arrest?
Let us tell you that digital arrest is a type of cyber crime. In this, the victim is made to believe that the authorities are keeping an eye on him for money laundering, drug trafficking or any other crime and can take action. In this, the accused asks the person to be alone, in which he is accessible for conversation through video call or any other online medium. After this, through threats, the victim is forced to send huge amount of money to get rid of all this. (input- agency)
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