5 days ago
Two Arrested In ₹1.89 Lakh Credit Card Gold Fraud
Police say a man received a call from someone pretending to be a bank worker.
The caller allegedly tricked him into making credit-card transactions worth about ₹1.89 lakh.
Investigators found that ₹1.01 lakh was used to buy gold coins online.
The coins were sent to a home in Gurugram.
Police followed shopping records and phone data to trace the suspects.
They arrested Mahesh Gupta in Delhi and Bunty Mahor in Gurugram.
Police say Mahesh made the call and Bunty received the one-time password.
Two other alleged gang members are still being sought.
Bairasia police and the Bhopal Rural Cyber Cell arrested two alleged gang members.
The suspects allegedly defrauded a bank gold-loan manager of ₹1,89,296.30 by posing as bank officials.
Police traced ₹1.01 lakh of the stolen money to an online gold-coin purchase.
The coins were delivered to a residential address in Gurugram.
Two alleged suspects, identified as Rahul and Samy, remain absconding while police investigate further transactions.
- Who
- A bank gold-loan manager was allegedly defrauded; police arrested Mahesh Gupta and Bunty Mahor and are searching for Rahul and Samy.
- What
- A suspected cyber fraud involving ₹1,89,296.30 in credit-card transactions and an online gold-coin purchase.
- Where
- The complaint was linked to Narela Bazar, while the arrests were made in Delhi and Gurugram.
- When
- The alleged victim received the call on August 7; the arrests took place on Wednesday night, with no date specified.
- Why
- Police allege the suspects posed as bank officials to obtain money through fraudulent credit-card transactions.
Key facts
- Reported fraud
- ₹1,89,296.30
- Gold purchase
- ₹1.01 lakh was allegedly used to buy gold coins online.
- Arrested
- Mahesh Gupta and Bunty Mahor
- Alleged absconders
- Rahul and Samy
- Investigating units
- Bairasia police and Bhopal Rural Cyber Cell
- Seized items
- Mobile phones and Aadhaar cards
- Suspected method
- Fraudulent calls allegedly made using routers from a house
Sources
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