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Call Center Busted: Police said that arrests were made in Delhi, Haryana and Telangana. A total of 41 mobile phones were seized from the accused.
Call center busted: Delhi Police has arrested six cyber fraudsters, busting an illegal call center in Vikaspuri area. Officials said on Sunday that they allegedly targeted new card holders in the name of increasing credit card limit and pin generation assistance. Police said that arrests were made in Delhi, Haryana and Telangana. A total of 41 mobile phones, a laptop, a router and bank customer data were seized from the accused. According to the police, the accused have been identified as Vijay Kumar Sharma (46), Moolchand Mishra (51), Amit (27), Pradeep Sahu (28), Gaurav (38) and Hemant (25). Syndicate cheated about 85 lakh rupees from many victims. The National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) has already filed 95 complaints against the recovered mobile numbers.
2.81 lakhs withdrawn in the name of generating PIN
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Dwarka) Ankit Singh said that the matter came to light when Virendra Kumar (42), a resident of Dwarka, lodged a complaint on June 21 that after applying for a new private bank’s credit card, he received a call to generate the pin. Soon, unauthorized transactions of Rs 2.81 lakh were detected from his account. He said that after the complaint an FIR was lodged and further investigation was started. The official said that the accused used to run an illegal call center, where the telecaller used to call himself a bank officer. He used to contact credit card holders without any doubt and used to help them to help generate increased credit limit or pin. During the conversation, they used to encourage the victims to download an APK file, so that the frauds could reach from a distance, including SMS, to their mobile phones. This used to control OTP and banking details.
Raid simultaneously in Vikaspuri and Hyderabad
Mr. Singh said that after this the gang used the stolen credentials to abolish the credit card limit of the victim. For this, he used to transfer money to bank accounts or buy expensive mobile phones through e-commerce platforms. Later, the fraudsters used to sell these phones to local retailers at a discounted rates and described themselves as a company dealer. Police said that technical surveillance revealed that the fraud call to the complainant had come from Vikaspuri area. Further investigation revealed that fake accounts and fake SIM cards used in crime were in Panipat in Haryana, Bathinda in Punjab and Hyderabad in Telangana. Raids were conducted simultaneously in Vikaspuri and Hyderabad, after which the kingpin Vijay Sharma and his associates were arrested. Police said that Sharma had included four women telecommakers to woo the victims, after which he himself handled the call. APK used to send files and withdraw money.
LLB degree near Mastermind
Police said that Amit, working from Hyderabad, managed fake SIM cards and fake bank accounts, while Pradeep Sahu used to get SIM cards of poor people in Haryana for fraud. Moolchand Mishra worked as the manager of the fake call center and Gaurav helped as a driver and co-participant. Sharing the profile of all the accused, the police said that Vijay, a resident of Uttam Nagar, has a B.Com, LLB degree and has a technical degree of software and hardware. He is the alleged mastermind of the racket. Amit of Panipat in Haryana has only primary school education and handled the mule accounts and SIM cards. Moolchand of Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh studied up to class 10 and worked as the manager of the call center. Police said that Pradeep of Panipat is a primary school pass which supplies the SIM card, while the pride of Kiradi in Delhi has been read till 7th standard. Hemant of Uttam Nagar has studied up to 12th standard and helped in operation.
