14 arrested for pan-India Rs 70-crore cyber fraud

The Gurugram cyber police have arrested 14 persons for allegedly duping hundreds of people across the country of over Rs 70 crore. Ten mobile phones and three SIM cards have been recovered from their possession.

During an investigation, the police found that the accused would cheat people by creating fake IDs on Instagram to lure them into making investments.

“A total of 18,477 complaints and 774 cases have been lodged against the accused across the country. Of these, 33 cases have been registered in Haryana, including eight cases in Gurugram,” said Priyanshu Dewan, ACP (Cyber).

All of them were arrested between December 2024 and January this year. The accused were identified as Balchand, Wasim, Atif, Vinod Kumar, Yatin, Rahul, Munesh, Niyol Banik, Lokesh Meena, Neeraj Baliya, Hemant Sharma, Harmandeep Singh Randhawa, Ankit Patel and Aman Jha, alias Monu.

After reviewing the data from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center (I4C), the police found that they had committed fraud worth Rs 70.03 crore.

“Further investigation into the matter is underway,” said ACP Dewan.