Cyber crime branch has arrested 5 accused from Delhi and Niwadi, gang used to cheat different people by showing iPhones at low prices through advertisements on Instagram.
The accused have created a page on Instagram to advertise to sell iPhones at low prices on Instagram. After which this gang gives a WhatsApp number for contact. After this, these accused used to cheat the complainant.
According to the information, till now more than 100 such documents have been found with them using which they have cheated.
On May 13, Hina Khan (name changed), resident of Bhopal, made a written complaint in Cyber Crime Bhopal. She said that she saw an advertisement to sell a mobile on Integrity_mobile on Instagram. After booking it, she got a WhatsApp number from the other person. With the instructions given on this, she transferred the money for mobile booking.
After this, by calling on WhatsApp, fraud of Rs 1.88 lakh was done through different means in the name of custom-pay, refined. After which the Crime Branch registered a case.
All the accused used to create a page on Instagram to advertise selling expensive mobiles at low prices and WhatsApp mobile number is given for contact. Customers who used to contact me on WhatsApp.
In the case, the accused Ashish Yadav finalizes the deal of giving expensive mobiles at low prices, and asks them to deposit Rs 5,999 as registration fee.
After depositing the registration fee, the accused Ashish Yadav sends them a fake bill prepared by himself through WhatsApp. After that people are cheated in the name of custom duty, GST and various types of charges.
After the money comes into the account, Abhishek Yadav and Ankit Kumar withdraw cash from the ATM and deposit it in other accounts. So that the online trail of money can be broken.
The Cyber Crime District Bhopal was used. Technical information of the real user of the WhatsApp number and Instagram ID was obtained.
The real accused was identified by the team members at the field level and other members of the gang were identified on the basis of bank accounts and CCTV footage used in cheating the complainants.
After which the main accused of the gang Ashish Yadav was arrested from Delhi and other accused were arrested from his residence. In the action that 7 mobile phones, 11 SIM cards, 2 bank passbooks, 5 cheque books, 3 mobile bill books and 10 ATM cards of different banks have been seized from the accused. And the search is on for other absconding accused.
Ashish Yadav (Delhi), who is a graduate, apart from giving advertisements on Instagram, used to contact customers through WhatsApp and get fake bills prepared for fraud.
Ankit Namdev (Jhansi), who is a graduate, used to open fake accounts in his own name. Ankit Kumar (Jhansi) is 12th pass. He used to buy fake accounts and sell them to accused Ashish Yadav and when fraudulent money came into the accounts, he used to withdraw cash from the accounts and deposit it in other accounts after deducting commission.
