Two arrested after Delhi cyber police busts fake work-from-home scheme
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A case was registered at the Cyber Police Station of Delhi’s Outer District on the complaint of Harin Bansal. He alleged that while surfing Instagram, he had come across a post about “earning huge money daily working from home”.
New Delhi,UPDATED: Mar 20, 2023 05:07 IST
Beneficiary bank account holder and another accused in the syndicate were arrested.
By Tanseem Haider: Two persons were arrested after Delhi Police’s Cyber cell of Outer District busted a fake work-from-home scheme that fraudulently lured people with exponential returns. It is alleged that Rs 64 lakh was deposited into the bank accounts held by the accused, which was later frozen by the bank. The arrested beneficiary of the bank account and a mediator in the syndicate.
A case was registered at the Cyber Police Station of Outer District on the complaint of Harin Bansal. He alleged that while surfing Instagram, he had come across a post about “earning huge money daily working from home”. Bansal stated that after clicking on the post, he was diverted to a number on WhatsApp and was asked to register via a link.
Bansal further alleged that the website promised him a commission in lieu of the task assigned to him. He mentioned that he was denied returns after a point on the pretext of government-imposed taxes, etc. As per the complaint, he was cheated to the tune of Rs 9,32,000 in the guise of a part-time occupation.
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An investigation revealed that the money was found to be transferred to nine different bank accounts. Out of the total cheating amount of Rs 9,32,000, a sum of Rs 6,00,000 across four transactions was found transferred to the Axis bank account of a person, namely Ankit, a resident of Uttar Pradesh’s village Tikri, Baghpat.
Tracking the location of the accused, Ankit Rathi was located in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar.
DCP Harendra Kumar Singh said, “Accused Ankit Rathi is a graduate in BA from CCS University in 2015 but his result of the second year along with 3,500 students has allegedly been rejected by the university. He was working as a temporary member of staff in a Gurukul in Haridwar. Accused Sudhir Kumar has passed class 10th from his school in his village and is presently working as a real estate agent in Baraut (UP).
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The alleged fraudsters initially gave high returns on small investments of Rs 100 to Rs 1000. The return was above 30% and this return could be remitted to the bank account of the victims. This was repeated to gain the confidence of victims and to induce them to invest bigger amounts.
On February 3, Rs 64 lakh was remitted to a bank account held by Ankit Rathi. Details of connected bank accounts and complainants were under the radar, as per officials. A search for the co-accused and main operators of the syndicate across the country is underway.
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