The cyber crimes helping of the Hyderabad constabulary person cracked down connected a bid of transgression networks that duped victims successful trading and parcel scam cases, arresting accused persons from Gujarat, Punjab, and Haryana. Investigators said the cases progressive usage of fake trading apps, WhatsApp groups and intimidation tactics, with victims losing crores of rupees.
In 1 case, 2 men from Vadodara, Gujarat, were arrested for luring investors done fake banal marketplace platforms disguised nether the sanction of reputed companies. The accused, Inamdar Vinayaka Rajendar, 25, and Rishi Thushar Arothe, 30, tricked a Hyderabad nonmigratory into investing ₹32 lakh.
Victims were shown fake profits done fraudulent apps and asked to wage further charges to retreat funds. Once ample sums were collected, the platforms were unopen down. Police said the 2 had provided slope accounts and cryptocurrency wallets to fraudsters and were progressive successful 12 cases crossed India. Arothe, a erstwhile Ranji cricket player, had a past transgression grounds for diverting fraud money.
In different case, Sanjeev Kumar, aged 49, a businessman from Ludhiana, Punjab, was held for duping a 69-year-old clergyman from Hyderabad of ₹1.23 crore. The unfortunate was added to a WhatsApp group, persuaded to download a trading app and shown inflated profits earlier being pressured to put further. The accused operated aggregate slope accounts, issued cheques and utilized a trading institution stamp to marque the fraud look genuine. He was recovered to beryllium progressive successful 5 cases crossed the country.
In the 3rd case, Nikhil Tiwari, aged 25, from Gurugram, Haryana, was arrested for his relation successful a ‘FedEx parcel scam’ that targeted a Hyderabad doctor. The unfortunate was falsely told that a bundle successful his sanction contained narcotics, constabulary uniforms and debit cards. Through threatening video calls with imposters posing arsenic elder officers, the unfortunate was coerced into transferring ₹1.23 crore done slope transactions. Police said the accused besides faced a lawsuit successful Maharashtra.
Officials urged the nationalist to beryllium wary of unsolicited concern offers, WhatsApp groups promising precocious returns and intimidating calls claiming to beryllium from enforcement agencies. Citizens were advised ne'er to transportation wealth to chartless accounts and to verify concern platforms with SEBI earlier investing.
