Cyber crime cell of Sonepat police arrested four persons identified as Ashieesh hailing from Rajasthan, Tushar and Divya both from Ahmedabad in Gujarat and Harshit of Gandhi Nagar allegedly cheated 4291 persons for amount worth Rs 16.74 crore in which 149 FIRs including nine registered in Haryana police stations.
Further to the news published in The Financial World on 11th October the accused during police investigation admitted that the cyber crime syndicate involved in Cryptocurrency was being operated from China and Dubai where the amount cheated from people in trade traders and industry offering heavy profits in share market on their investment through WhatsApp group was being transferred abroad through cryptocurrency. Addressing a press conference, Probine P. DCP cyber crime cell Sonepat said the gang members used to attract investors in share market, initially offering heavy returns to gain confidence. She said that police have recovered seven mobile phones, 11 Sims, Rs 70,000 cash and stopped payments in the banks for amounts worth Rs 1.20 lakh.
She said that efforts are being made for the arrest of other members working of the gang for which Haryana police is conducting several raids. She warned not to share their bank details with anyone. The cyber criminals often withdraw amounts from the bank accounts through OTP. DCP further said that among arrested four cheats, Asheesh was using his bank account to transfer the cheated amount, besides making efforts for the opening of accounts by offering handsome amount, whereas Tushar was preparing the detail of such bank accounts for onward transferring the amount to masterminds of crime syndicate. Divya was handling the transfer of cheated amounts abroad and Harshit was helping all others involved in this cheating syndicate by converting the amount in cryrptocurrency and transferring it to China and Dubai.
