Six cyber criminals arrested in Gurugram

The Faridabad cyber police have arrested six persons for duping people in task scams, promising extra income through online tasks on Telegram. The police took the accused on four days’ police remand after they were produced in a city court.

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The accused were identified as Kunal Khamani and Heeralal, both residents of Jaipur; Raju Ram and Subhash, residents of Sikar; and Jeetu Kumawat and Kamal, residents of Nagaur in Rajasthan. They were arrested in Jaipur.

In her complaint, a woman had stated that she had received a message from a girl on WhatsApp who offered her a part-time job to complete certain online tasks. She said she was paid Rs 850 for completing the first 25 tasks. Soon after she was added to a Telegram group and was asked to pay Rs 10,000 to continue the tasks.

Following this, fraudsters got Rs 1,44,500 deposited into the accounts through various transactions and when the complainant wanted to withdraw the money, she was not able to do so. Following this, she approached the police and an FIR was registered at the cyber police station in NIT, Faridabad.

Kunal is the account holder, who works at a clothes shop in Jaipur. He gave his account to Subhash to earn commission and a total of Rs 94,500 of fraudulent money came into the account.

“Subhash is an account provider. He is a BA final year student. He had provided this account to Heeralal on commission. Hiralal’s job was to manage the account and provide the details to the fraudsters. Hiralal had hired Raju Ram, Kamal and Jitu to withdraw the money from the account through ATM. We are questioning the accused after taking them in police custody,” said a spokesperson for the Faridabad police.