Three qualified conmen indulged in online cheating/frauds arrested

  • Cash Rs. 4,35,000/-, 17 mobile phones, 210 SIM cards of various service providers, one laptop (make Dell) and incriminating articles recovered.

The team of PS Mehrauli, South District has arrested three conmen namely Joginder Singh S/o Sukhbir Singh, Prakash S/o Santosh and Gaurav Dubey S/o Gyandender Dubey who were involved in online cheating / frauds.  With the arrest of accused persons, cheated cash Rs. 4,35,000/-, 17 mobile phones, 210 SIM cards of various service providers, one laptop (make Dell) and incriminating articles recovered.

Brief facts:

On 18.07.16, Sh. Ram Kumar Joshi filed a complaint at PS Mehrauli alleging therein that he received a call on his mobile and the caller introduced herself as Neha Sharma and asked him to redeem reward points in respect of his Axis Bank Credit Card.  She also transferred the call to IVR (Interactive Voice Response) wherein a person asked him to submit his Axis Bank Credit Card details i.e. date of birth, expiry date and CVV number, etc. Later on, he came to know that three unauthorized transactions amounting to Rs. 14631 (Rs. 2500/-, Rs. 2500/- and Rs. 9631) were made from his Credit Card.  In this regard, a case vide FIR No. 1428/16 u/s 420 IPC PS Mehrauli was registered and investigation taken up.

Investigation :

A team consisting of SI Anurag, HC Sudhir and Const. Rakesh led by Inspr. Vikramjit Singh, SHO/Mehrauli under the supervision of Sh. Jimmy Chiram, ACP/Mehrauli was formed to locate and arrest the culprits involved in such criminal activities.

During investigation, the police team collected information / details of complainant’s account from the bank and analyzed minutely which revealed that an amount of Rs. 5,000/- was transferred in ‘M Paisa Wallet’ and the remaining amount of Rs. 9,631/- was transferred in ‘TTSL Mobile Wallet’ by using three different mobile numbers.  The police team got the M Paisa Wallet blocked wherein the amount of Rs. 5,000/- was transferred.  During further investigation, it was revealed that remaining amount was transferred from TTSL Mobile Wallet to Punjab National Bank, Khatauli Branch in the account of one Joginder Singh S/o Sukhbir Singh R/o Village Satheri, PO Khatoli, District Muzzafar Nagar, UP.  On getting this vital clue, the police team swung into action and accused Joginder Singh was arrested.

Interrogation :

During interrogation, accused Joginder Singh disclosed that one Gaurav @ Gorey S/o Narayan Singh lured and roped him in the business that if he allows him to use his bank account for transferring the cash, he will give him 10% commission of the total amount withdrawn from his account.  In order to get easy money, he gave his ATM card to Gaurav @ Gorey.  He further disclosed that one Prakash is the kingpin who is running this cheating racket. At the instance of accused Joginder Singh, a trap was laid in Anand Vihar Colony, Uttam Nagar West, Delhi and accused Prakash S/o Santosh R/o Village near Chowk Supaul, District Supaul, Bihar was arrested.  

During interrogation, accused Prakash disclosed that while he was working in GVC (a Call Centre) at Vikas Puri, Delhi, he came in contact with one Gaurav Dubey who was indulged in cheating the people by obtaining detail of Credit Cards of customers.  He left the job and procured data bank of Credit Card holders from Gaurav Dubey in lieu of money. They hired seven girls to call the customers and started their own Call Centre at E-1/187, Main 50 Feet Road, Shivram Park, Shiv Vihar, Nihal Vihar, Delhi.  At the instance of accused Prakash, a raid was conducted at the Call Center in Nihar Vihar and cash Rs. 4,35,000/-, 17 mobile phones, 210 SIM cards of various service providers, one laptop and incriminating articles were recovered and co-accused Gaurav Dubey was arrested.  Their other associate namely Gaurav @ Gorey who is assigned the job to arrange SIM cards and account holders for transferring the money is still absconding.  

Modus operandi :

Their modus operandi is that they used to call the customers on the basis of data of customers available with them to obtain details of their credit cards. During this process, they used to convince the customer to provide them OTP (One Time Password) of their Credit Card. After obtaining the OTP, they will fraudulently transfer the money in M Paisa Mobile Wallet or any other online mobile wallets by using the credit card details of the customers. After six days, the money will be transferred to different bank accounts, arranged by Gaurav @ Gorey which is later withdrawn though debit cards.  

Further investigation is on to trace the girls and accused Gaurav @ Gorey and to probe in other involvements of accused persons.

Profile of accused persons :

  1. Joginder Singh, age 30 years S/o Sukhbir Singh R/o Village Satheri, PO Khatoli, District Muzzafar Nagar, UP is MCA.  He is married.


  1. Prakash, age 23 years S/o Santosh R/o Village near Chowk Supaul, District Supaul, Bihar is B. Com.  He is unmarried.  Earlier he has worked in a Call Center in Vikas Puri, Delhi.
  2. Gaurav Dubey, age 24 years S/o Gyandender Dubey A-1/158, Shiv Vihar, Vikas Nagar, Uttam Nagar, Delhi is graduate.  He is married. Earlier he has worked in a Call Center in Vikas Puri, Delhi.

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