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Delhi Police Busts Bangladesh-Linked Cyber Fraud Syndicate
Delhi Police says it uncovered a group accused of stealing money using fake credit-card offers.
The victim saw an advertisement on social media and was contacted by someone pretending to be a bank representative.
The victim was persuaded to install a fake application and share personal and card information.
While the victim was kept on a phone call, the suspects allegedly used the details to make purchases worth Rs 2.68 lakh.
Police traced some of the purchases to mobile phones delivered in several Indian cities.
They said the group had links to Bangladesh and planned to send phones there.
Two people were arrested during raids in Lucknow and Kolkata.
Police recovered 50 phones, including 45 new, expensive handsets.
Delhi Police arrested two people in raids in Lucknow and Kolkata over an alleged Bangladesh-linked cyber fraud syndicate.
Police recovered 50 mobile phones, including 45 new handsets valued at about Rs 25 lakh.
The phones were allegedly bought with credit-card details obtained through cyber fraud and intended for delivery to Bangladesh.
The investigation began after a victim reported a Rs 2.68 lakh fraud through the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal on August 7.
Police said one accused, Md Rashid Neyaz alias Danish, was arrested in Lucknow with 19 mobile phones.
- Who
- Delhi Police arrested two people allegedly linked to a Bangladesh-connected cyber fraud syndicate; one named accused is Md Rashid Neyaz alias Danish.
- What
- Police busted an alleged syndicate that used fraudulently obtained credit-card details to purchase mobile phones for onward delivery to Bangladesh.
- Where
- Raids took place in Lucknow and Kolkata, while the investigation also traced deliveries to Dhanbad and identified fake SIM-card links to 24 Parganas in West Bengal.
- When
- The complaint was received on August 7; the arrests were reported on Thursday.
- Why
- Police said the suspects allegedly obtained card details through a fake credit-card offer and used them to make unauthorised purchases.
Key facts
- Arrests
- Two people were arrested in separate raids in Lucknow and Kolkata.
- Devices recovered
- Police recovered 50 mobile phones.
- Estimated phone value
- Forty-five new high-value phones were valued at around Rs 25 lakh.
- Reported victim loss
- Unauthorised transactions totalled Rs 2.68 lakh.
- Complaint channel
- The case was reported through the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal.
- Alleged destination
- Police said the phones were supplied for onward delivery to Bangladesh.
- Named accused
- Md Rashid Neyaz alias Danish, 21, was arrested in Lucknow with 19 phones.
Sources
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