Six held for cyber fraud in Nuh

The Nuh police have arrested six persons wanted in three different cases of cyber fraud. The accused would dupe people of lakhs by providing fake job offers, ATM cards and SIM cards. The police have recovered mobile phones, fake SIMs, ATM cards and other digital evidence from their possession.

According to the police, two brothers were arrested for duping people by promising them work from home jobs at Nataraj Pencil Company. The accused were identified as Tauhid and Wahid, both residents of Tirwada village in Nuh district. The police recovered two mobile phones, wherein fake WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram accounts were found.

In another such case, Mohammad Tasleem, a resident of Ferozepur Dhahar village in Nuh district, was arrested by the police. He would cheat people by using fake payment screenshot making applications. A mobile phone, two fake SIMs and a PhonePe account were recovered from him.

In the third case, accused Asu, a resident of Faridabad; Suraj, a resident of Govindpuri Kalkaji, New Delhi; and Sandeep Kumar, a resident of Kalindi Kunj, New Delhi, were arrested. These accused were running an illegal business of selling fake bank kits, ATM cards and SIM cards to cyber thugs. Officials recovered fake ATM cards of UCO Bank, Union Bank and Indian Bank, along with VI and Airtel SIMs, and Realme and Vivo mobile phones from them.

“In all the cases, technical evidence such as CDR, IPDR, bank transactions and digital footprints are yet to be examined” said Krishan Kumar, a police spokesperson.