Rs 16.77-crore pan-India fraud: 24 cyber criminals held from Gurugram

The Gurugram cyber police have arrested 24 cyber fraudsters for allegedly duping hundreds of people across the country of Rs 16.77 crore.

The accused used to commit fraud by posing as fake officers of FedEx, a US company providing transportation for social platforms. “They also cheated people in the name of getting them to invest in the stock market,” said Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Cyber, Priyanshu Dewan.

“A total of 4,568 complaints and 189 cases are lodged against the accused in different states. Of these, 14 cases are registered in Haryana including 3 cases in Gurugram. Further investigations are underway,” added ACP Dewan.

ACP Dewan added that after examining the SIM cards and reviewing the data from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), it was found that a fraud of Rs 16.77 crore had been committed by them. The police have recovered Rs 60.91 lakh in cash, a note counting machine and 9 mobile phones from their possession.

The arrested accused were identified as Hardik Jain, Gajendra, Dharmendra, Bhairulal, Madan Lal, Govind Singh, Harsil, Mukul, Prahalad, Anuj Tiwari, Anupam alias Jack, Uvis Rehman, Abhishek Sehgal, Jitendra Bajaj alias Sardar, Mohammad Shah, Piyush, Mayank, Sahil, Mohammad Asad, Gulrez Khan, Ajay, Naveen, Nitesh and Megha Sharma.

14 cases in Haryana

A total of 4,568 complaints and 189 cases are lodged against these accused across the country. Of these, 14 cases are registered in Haryana, including 3 cases in Gurugram. — Priyanshu Dewan, ACP cyber