Archive · 16 Jun 2025
Vizag Police Issue LOC for Laos-Based Job Scam Operator
Some bad people are tricking young people in India with promises of good jobs in other countries.
They say the jobs are for data entry, but when people arrive, they are forced to commit cybercrimes.
A woman named Ankita, who lives in Laos, is the main person running the scam.
She finds people on social media and sells them to Chinese companies for money.
Police in Visakhapatnam are trying to catch the scammers and help the victims.
They have issued a warning to stop more people from being tricked.
Visakhapatnam police issued a Look-Out Circular (LOC) for Ankita, a woman allegedly operating from Laos.
Ankita is accused of running a job scam targeting unemployed Indian youth.
Mukesh, an associate, was arrested in Anakapalli district.
Victims were lured with high-paying data entry jobs in Southeast Asia before being forced into cybercrime.
The scam came to light when five men defrauded in Laos returned to India.
- Who
- Ankita and Chinese companies are allegedly behind the scam. Mukesh, an associate, was arrested. Victims are unemployed Indian youth.
- What
- Visakhapatnam police issued a Look-Out Circular (LOC) for a woman involved in a job scam.
- When
- The investigation is ongoing.
- Where
- Laos, and other Southeast Asian countries; Visakhapatnam and Anakapalli district in India.
- Why
- Unemployed youth are lured to commit cybercrime.
- Accused
- Ankita
- Location of Operation
- Laos
- Associate Arrested
- Mukesh
- Victim Targeting
- Unemployed Indian youth
- Scam Type
- Job Scam
- Recruitment Method
- Social Media
- Number of People Trapped
- Approximately 60 from Visakhapatnam