3 held for 49L digi arrest fraud
On Tuesday, ADCP Shruti Srivastava said Subhash Chandra of Mahmoorganj had filed complaint with cybercrime police station, alleging unknown cyber criminals defrauded him of Rs 49.4 lakh by issuing threats of digital arrest.
After the case was lodged under sections of BNS and IT Act, a special police team was formed to work out the case.
The team succeeded in arresting Gaurav Jaiswal (22), Tabish Ur-Rehman (21) and Asad Vakil Khan (27) of Khairabad in Sitapur district. Police recovered mobile phones that were used to target Chandra and Rs 3,000 cash.
Providing details of their modus operandi, she said the cyber criminals lured individuals with promise of money and convinced them to open accounts in various banks. A portion of the amount credited was given to the account holder, while the criminals kept all the bank documents with themselves. After that, they collaborated with their foreign partners in cybercrime to transfer money obtained through digital fraud and investment scams into these accounts.
The money was then transferred to various other bank accounts, withdrawn in cash and the criminals paid their foreign partners in dollars after deducting their commission.
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