Two arrested for cheating Rs 429 cr through cyber crime
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Police arrested two fraudsters Sandeep Ratra and Rajveer Singh on charges of cyber fraud. The accused opened bank accounts through fake companies and sent the cheated amount to Thailand and China by converting it into dollars. Police have seized documents, bank account and other items from the accused.
Raipur (Team Newsbuddy): Police have arrested two fraudsters who sent cyber fraud money to China and Thailand by raiding different locations in Raipur and Delhi. Cyber Range Police has arrested Sandeep Ratra (41), resident of Uttam Nagar Delhi and Rajveer Singh (22), resident of Hirapur Raipur.
Earlier two accused were caught. They had opened different firms by changing the address in the Aadhar card. On the basis of that, accounts were opened in the bank. After the information of the bank accounts of the accused, the amount of fraud has increased to 429 crores. Apart from the documents related to the case, documents of other fake companies, forex trading bank account, mobile have been seized from the accused.
The accused had converted rupees into dollars and sent them to Thailand and China. Police said that Dr PK Gupta, a resident of Tatibandh, was duped of Rs 10 lakhs on the pretext of investing in the share market. Money from his account went to Delhi, UP and Rajasthan. From there, the money came back to different companies in Raipur.
The accused had converted rupees into dollars and sent them to Thailand and China. Police said that Dr PK Gupta, a resident of Tatibandh, was duped of Rs 10 lakhs on the pretext of investing in the share market. Money from his account went to Delhi, UP and Rajasthan. From there, the money came back to different companies in Raipur.
Fake company created in Lalpur
Raid action was taken in Progressive Point Lalpur Raipur. The accused had created another fake company Croma Shipping and Logistics by changing the address in the Aadhar card. Bank accounts were opened in the name of the company in Indian Overseas Bank, State Bank of India, Union Bank to send money abroad from forex trading.
The accused used these bank accounts to send the money they earned through cyber crime abroad in future. The accused have been arrested and sent to judicial custody.
Digital arrest and trading fraud
The main accused Rajiv Singhania, a resident of Delhi, is being searched. Both the arrested accused have studied up to 10th-12th. They used to call themselves software engineers. They hired two youths from Lalpur as office boys. The gang leader for whom they worked used to pay them Rs 50,000 each as salary. They used to get commission separately. They started sending money abroad from the office.
Cases registered against the accused in 10 states
Information about more than 41 bank accounts has been received from the hideouts of the previously arrested accused. Out of these, 30 are accounts in the name of their fake companies. Debit cards, checkbooks, computers, laptops, dollar purchase invoices, one time passcode devices, UPI scanners and Aadhaar cards of different addresses were seized from their office. Cases have been registered against the accused in 10 states including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
