Ghaziabad: With the arrest of three people, including a woman, Ghaziabad police cyber cells have damaged the gang which allegedly deceived people by posing as private bank representatives and even as officials of the Insurance Regulation Development Authority (IRDA).
According to the police, the gang was used to operate from the fake call center that they had dusari in Lakshmi Nagar in Delhi.
“They called the victims say that they were bank representatives and sometimes even introduced themselves as officials from IRDA and the Ministry of Finance.
They used it to convince their victims that their policies were ripe and to claim the amount they needed to verify their credentials by sharing Personal information.
They cheated the target to deposit money in their account, “said an official from the Ghaziabad police.
He added that the gang worked in a private insurance company in Noida and from there they access details about the victims and the information was passed to the center of their calls they had made in Lakshmi Nagar.
Allegations have opened a bank account on fake documents.
There were cases registered at the Indirapuram police station and recently when they called the possibility of victims, they were captivated to visit Kanawani Village from where they were arrested on Tuesday afternoon.
“The arrested accusations have been identified as Dheeraj Tanwar, Akshay and Huma Khan while the fourth gang members are still large,” the officer said.
He added that while Dheeraj was used to make calls to the victims, Akshay manages a call center while Huma manages fake documents such as bank login details, etc., and are used to withdraw money from ATMs.
The police have also restored a car worth RS 23 Lakh, cellphones and around Rs 1 lakh cash from their ownership.