The police have recovered a register from the cyber thugs in which the names and numbers of the people whom they called and made victims of fraud have been found. Gurugram’s doctor Khushboo also got trapped in their trap. He was cheated by saying that he would get an iPhone in a lucky draw in the name of the product he had purchased.
Bhagalpur Police is conducting raids in West Bengal and Jharkhand regarding the operation of interstate cyber thug gang. Many shocking revelations have come to light in the police interrogation. Information has been received that mobile numbers were being sold to cyber thugs from shops, malls and online shopping sites. A mobile number was being made available to the gang for Rs 14. Thousands of numbers had been made available to them. Police has arrested a person selling mobile numbers. A cyber thug gang has been exposed in a house located near Ghuran Peerbaba Chowk. They were running the gang in the name of advertising agency.
More than 10 members of the gang have been arrested. In which Rahul from West Bengal and Aditya from Hansdiha were also arrested. These include half a dozen girls. A large number of local girls were also working and are being interrogated. Cyber SHO DSP Sanjeev Kumar said that right now the police is doing its work. It will be revealed soon.
Cheated worth crores in three months, used mobile with keypad
During interrogation, it was revealed that a gang of cyber thugs was active in the city for the last three months. Within such a short period of time the thugs had defrauded crores of rupees. An arrested person told the police that he stole money from the accounts of 20 lakh people. Most of the mobile phones seized by the police from the thugs are keypad ones. To avoid location and other technical access, they were using small mobile phones.
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Doctor from Gurugram and businessman from UP and Maharashtra cheated
The police have recovered a register from the cyber thugs in which the names and numbers of the people whom they called and made victims of fraud have been found. Gurugram’s doctor Khushboo also got trapped in their trap. He was cheated of thousands of rupees by saying that he would get an iPhone in a lucky draw in the name of the product he had purchased. They also made businessmen and employees living in Rae Bareli in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh their victims. The complaint on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal has revealed that people living in Pondicherry, Goa and many other places have become victims of this cyber thug gang.
Passbook and SIM used to reach Bhagalpur from Delhi.
Police investigation has revealed that the cyber thugs have connections with Delhi and Uttar Pradesh. The bank account passbook, ATM and SIM card from Delhi used to come to Hansdiha in Jharkhand and from there were being brought to Bhagalpur. In all the passbooks and SIM cards that have been examined, it has come to light that SIMs were taken in fake names. The matter of purchasing SIM from Bhagalpur has also come to light which is being investigated. The person purchasing the SIM was purchasing the SIM in someone else’s name by hiding his real name. They were even using fake names. It has also been revealed that after completion of the work, they used to break that SIM and throw it away.
Couldn’t find out even after spending hours at Peerbaba Chowk
The story of the revelation of the interstate cyber thug gang is also unique. The police were looking for a suspect in a cyber fraud case. Coincidentally, the same person from Nathnagar reached the cyber police station with his other complaint. When his mobile number was checked, he turned out to be suspicious. When inquired, it was told that someone was doing such work near Ghuran Peerbaba Chowk. Police team arrived. Spent hours in the square. After that the said suspect was asked to make the call. When he called, he came to know that the accused Rahul was in the office. After that the police team reached the gang.
Is the fraud money connected to terror funding?
This point is also being investigated whether the crores of rupees defrauded by the interstate cyber fraud gang has any connection with terrorist organizations or not. There is a possibility that the money may also be used for terror funding. However, nothing has come to light yet on this point. After the arrest of the masterminds of Bengal and Uttar Pradesh, it will become clear where the fraud money was going and what it was being used for. Police is investigating at all points. A large number of passbooks, SIMs, ATMs, credit cards and mobile numbers of hundreds of people have been recovered from the members of the cyber fraud gang.
The local people didn’t even notice
The other people living in the house where this gang was operating were not even aware of it. On Wednesday, a person was seen taking photos and video of the house from where the gang was exposed. When the local people interrogated him, he ran away from there.
They used to call saying that there will be a lucky draw on the purchased product.
The shopkeepers and site staff who sold mobile numbers to the cyber thug gang also used to tell what product the man or woman holding the mobile number had purchased. After that, cyber thugs used to trap people in the purchase of the same product by saying that some expensive item will be received in their name under lucky draw. In the name of processing charge, first Rs 5,000 was demanded and later more money was demanded. After becoming victims of fraud worth lakhs after thousands, they realized that they had become their victims.
