Nagaland woman arrested for providing support to China-origin cyber fraudsters
The woman and her husband had installed virtual SIM box at rented accommodation in Gurugram to facilitate cyber fraud
Gurugram Police, in a joint operation with the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs, arrested a Nagaland woman for allegedly providing call support to China-origin cyber fraudsters.
Seven mobile phones, one WiFi modem, three SIM cards, and one broken laptop were recovered from her possession.
The woman was identified as Kung Panmae (30), a native of Dimapur in Nagaland, and presently residing at Sector 28, Gurugram.
A senior police officer said the arrested woman, along with her husband, was actively involved in providing call support to Chinese-origin cybercriminals by installing a virtual SIM box at a rented accommodation in Gurugram to facilitate cyber fraud.
According to the police, it was on February 10 when the team of the cyber police station, east, got secret information that a man, along with his wife, had installed a virtual SIM box at a rented accommodation in Sector 28 and was operating a parallel illegal telephone exchange for cyber fraud activities.
During riad, three mobile phones were found in active condition, operating automatically. The mobile phones were found making automatic calls to different Indian numbers. After disconnecting one call, the phone automatically dialed another number.
The screens of the mobile phones displayed the “VDMS Apk App.”
“During police interrogation, the accused woman revealed that her role was to keep the mobile phones continuously charged and connected to the network. Through this virtual SIM box, cyber fraudsters based in China would place calls to Indian citizens to carry out digital arrest scams, gaming frauds, investment frauds, and other cybercrimes. In return for this work, her husband received commission,” said ACP Dewan.
He added that through this setup, international VOIP calls were being converted into local voice calls. We are questioning the accused woman, and further investigation in the case is ongoing.
