Haryana: Pan-India cyber fraud racket exposed by Haryana Police which involved 28,000 people who have been cheated of Rs 100 crores. Police arrested 65 people along with 166 fake Aadhar cards, five PAN cards, 128 ATM cards, 66 mobile phones, 99 SIMs, five POS machines and three laptops.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said, “In this case, the investigation is being carried out with the help of IT experts as the gang’s network is suspected to be spread in other countries.”
SP, Nuh Varun Singla said, “People across the country were targeted by these fraudsters who used to cheat people with fake SIM, Aadhaar cards etc and used to deposit money in fake bank accounts to avoid arrest.”
In a press conference he said, “During this analysis, it has come out that the cyber thugs have so far defrauded around 28,000 gullible people to the tune of more than ₹100 crore from the majority of the states and union territories across the country.”
The Nuh district gang had also expanded its operations into foreign countries. The thieves stole roughly Rs 100 crore from nearly 29 banks.
So far, around 28,000 FIRs have been filed, and more than 250 individuals have yet to be apprehended.
Already, 1,346 FIRs have been filed across the country against these cyber fraudsters. The police investigation also discovered details regarding 219 private and public sector bank accounts, as well as 140 UPI accounts, that were utilised to commit cybercrime. At least 347 SIM cards activated from telecom company circles in Haryana, West Bengal, Assam, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, North East, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka were also discovered.
According to Singla, these scammers used to commit fraud by luring victims with attractive offers of sale on things like bikes, vehicles, mobile phones, and so on, by placing false adverts on Facebook Bazaar/OLX.
