Two arrested for trafficking youths into Myanmar-based cyber fraud network

The Gurugram cyber police have arrested two brothers for human trafficking youths in the guise of sending them abroad and then coercing them into committing cyber fraud.

Initially, the accused would send job seekers to Thailand. From there, they were illegally sent to other countries and used to defraud US citizens through illegal call centres operated by Chinese nationals. So far, the accused have duped 10 people from Haryana and Rajasthan.

A complainant, Mandeep, said he met Sonu, who claimed his brother worked as a job provider in Thailand. The complainant gave him Rs 50,000 for a ticket to Thailand. Sonu arranged a ticket from Jaipur to Thailand on March 23. Upon arriving in Thailand, Mandeep met Sonu’s brother Jitendra, who took 1,000 Thai Baht from him, put him in a car, and illegally drove him to the Myanmar border. There, he got him a job as a data operator and he started illegally collecting data on US citizens.

Mandeep’s complaint further revealed that when he questioned Sonu about being sent to Myanmar instead of Thailand he Sonu threatened to kill him. “On October 22, I was detained by the Myanmar army and handed over to the Myanmar police. On November 6, I was deported from Thailand to Delhi and subsequently moved to the police,” said Mandeep, in his complaint.

Following the complaint, an FIR was registered at the cybercrime south police station. While investigating, a team of the cyber police arrested two accused from near Wazirabad police academy in Delhi. The accused were identified as Vijender, alias Sonu (23), and Jitender, alias Monu (21), residents of Badwa village in Bhiwani district.

“During interrogation, the accused revealed that Monu visited Myanmar in January and people of Chinese origin who would commit cyber fraud. He began working with them and told his brother, Sonu, that the Chinese hired young men for illegal work in Myanmar. Each person would pay 1,000 dollars as commission and 3,000 dollars to an agent. After this, Sonu sent Mandeep to Thailand and then Myanmar and earned commission.

To push youth into cybercrime, the accused received substantial commissions from their Chinese associates. They have so far been involved in the crimes of luring approximately 10 young men from Haryana and Rajasthan with the promise of jobs. We are still questioning the accused,” said ACP (cybercrime) Priyanshu Dewan.