Gang of cyber fraudsters busted in Panipat, 2 held

With the arrest of two persons, the Panipat police claimed to have busted a gang of cyber fraudsters, who reportedly used to cheat people through online gaming apps.

The police have recovered a large number of ATM cards, passbooks, laptops, cheque books, mobile phones, hard disk, stamps, dongle, a note-counting machine and Rs 1.27 lakh cash from the accused’s possession. Those arrested have been identified as Vipul Chopra of Model Town and Sunny of Ganga Ram Colony, Panipat.

DSP (Headquarters) Satish Kumar Vats said in his complaint to the Cyber police, a Sector 18 resident said Vipul Chopra had defrauded youths by promising them easy money through online gaming apps. The complainant added that he was also a victim of the fraud and had lost over Rs 1 lakh.

Following the directions of SP Bhupender Singh, the cyber team immediately raided a house and arrested Vipul Chopra along with his associate Sunny.

The DSP said during preliminary investigation, it was revealed that the accused had appointed an agent in the field to lure youths to online gaming. They would create IDs of the youths, take money from them and sent them links for downloading games. The users would download fun games. The accused had full control over these games through a software. The person playing the game was sure to lose 80-90% times.

The accused revealed that other members of the gang were also cheating people, especially youths, through online gaming apps for a long time.

The accused had opened several bank accounts, including current accounts to receive money via online mode. Besides, they received cash from the youths. The police are collecting details of all bank accounts, the DSP said. The accused were produced in a court on Friday. They were sent to four-day police remand. The police would get the details of properties the accused had purchased from the money they made by cheating people, the DSP added.