In a week, Faridabad cops arrest 27 for digital fraud

The three cyber police stations of the district have claimed to have resolved 13 cases of digital fraud, arresting 27 persons, from January 11 to 17.

A police official said an amount of Rs 18,76,200 was recovered in the cases, and 1,684 complaints lodged with the police had been resolved.

While five cases were resolved by the NIT cyber police station, four each were resolved by the Central and Ballabgarh cyber police stations in the duration.

The accused nabbed by the police include Amit Tuli, Navneet Kaushik, Ashish Sharma and Sandesh from Delhi; Mahavir Karwal, Manish Kumar Sharma, Manish, Ratan Sharma, Tejveer Sharma (alias Chotu), Rajesh Acharya, Sona Singh (alias Sanu) from Rajasthan; Kalyan, Gaurav Tiwari (alias Ravi), Harshvardhan Singh, Gaurav Verma from Madhya Pradesh; Mohammad Sahil, Himanshu Mishra, Vijaypatap Singh, Subhash Singh, Utkarsh Dwivedi, Atul Kumar from Uttar Pradesh; and Sanjeev Kumar and Anjani Kumar from Gujarat. The official said the modus operandi of the criminals included offering victims handsome returns on shares and other investments.

Greed and lack of awareness on the part of residents was one of the major reasons behind cybercrime, he added.

‘Cyber thugs’ have been luring people on the pretext of earning money in a short time, investing funds in the share market or winning a lucky draw or lottery.

Some cheated people by sending unverified links regarding money being deposited in their bank account, it is reported. Some criminals would blackmail victims, threatening to post obscene videos, or would pose as bank officials and use fake QR codes to get OTPs from victims, according to the police. The police official emphasised that personal and bank account details should not be given to anyone via mobile phone, and people should avoid downloading data through untrusted or suspicious links.