Delhi police have arrested four people including two Russia for running an international recruiting/consultancy in the national capital through which they deceived 63 Indians for overseas jobs on the pretext of providing work permit visas in foreign countries including Poland, Germany & other European countries.
Two Russians, identified as Artem Tolkachev and Igor Sirenko along with two Indians, who were there employees, namely Sagar Sharma and Rohit, duped innocent people in lieu of providing Work Permit visa. Their consultancy “WGA Visa India Pvt. Ltd” was located near the Patel Nagar metro station.
The scam was unearthed on the basis of a complaint received in Cyber Cell from Yogesh Girdhari Gahane of Nagpur about cheating of Rs. 75, 000 on the pretext of Work Permit VISA by the fake company. After investigation, it was revealed scammers contacted the complainant through their Instagram page "wgapoland" (WorkGroup Agency) and then shared a link of their fake website to lure them into cheating. Accordingly, on March 18, police conducted a raid of said premises to verify the facts and found the fake company being run. The team also recovered five laptops, seven mobile phones, four passports, fake offer letters, resumes, QR codes for receiving money, Rs. 76,000 and currencies of different countries including USA, Russia, Poland and Nepal.
“The motive to open the company was to cheat the young innocent Citizens of India on the pretext of providing fake work Permits regarding employment at non-existing companies in Poland, Germany, Lithuania, Netherlands, Luxembourg and other European countries because Indians are the most passionate for going abroad at any cost,” the police informed.
According to the police, Igor used to run all the affairs without coming into the picture from his rented accommodation located at DLF in Delhi’s New Moti Nagar area while the overall supervision was of Natsya, who looked after all functions of the company through CCTV from Russia. Their two Indian employees were also arrested after confirming the role in the cheating racket.
“As per the facts and circumstances, a case under appropriate sections of laws has been registered at PS Crime Branch and both Russian nationals were arrested in this case,” police added.
