Gurugram: Six gang members, who allegedly disabled at least 100 prospective work in various cities to commit fraud nearly Rs 2 Crore, was arrested on Tuesday during a raid in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh by Cyber Faridabad cells.
While four were accused – Nikhil, Akhilesh, Abhishek and Ved Prakash – were picked up from above, the other two, Tridiv and Divakar, arrested from Delhi.
The police said that other gang members escaped and that more people could be involved in fraud.
The police said the gang had created a fake website and after mining data about potential candidate work portals, including resumes and their telephone numbers, it would sound them from the fake call center.
Divakar, Nepalese residents, will persuade candidates to register online with fake agents named Global Recruitment Solutions.
He will then make them talk to Tridiv, who was originally from West Bengal.
Posing as a senior official with recruitment agency, Tridiv will ask candidates for payments related to job interviews, training and offers.
While Nikhil was used to establish aadhaar card to submit a new SIM to escape the supervision of the police, Akhilesh managed a bank account and money transfer, police said.
To complete Con, Abhishek and Ved Prakash posted as senior officials from large companies that should employ candidates.
Fraud was revealed on September 13 after Dheeraj, a Sector 18 resident, filed a complaint with Cyber Faridabad cells who accused him of being tricked by Rs 1.35 lakh in the pretext of work with the strength of Tata in Mumbai.
After being investigated, the police found that every candidate was tricked by almost Rs 1 lakh and asked for money in each step – registration, application form, offering letters, online interviews, training, or to get a laptop.
Overall, fraud amounted to almost Rs 2 Crore.
Police spokesman Faridabad Sube Singh said they had confiscated 10 bank accounts used by gangs and recovered eight cellphones, two laptops and RS 33,000 cash.
The defendant had been ordered under 420 (cheating), 406 (violations of trust) IPC and Section 66-D of the IT law.
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