Cyber Crime Branch Bhopal arrested three accused of an organized gang from Indore and sent them behind bars for creating fake trading websites and making people invest in foreign currency.
The accused have created a fake website by the name of oca trading. The accused get the numbers of customers trading in the share market online and contact them.
They deceive people by promising them more profits by making them invest in foreign currency. They used to show fake trades and profits on octa trading website. The accused have been cheating victims for the last 1 year.
The accused use fake bank accounts and mobile numbers for cheating. Evidence has been found of the accused cheating about 100 people.
On April 25, a written complaint was filed in Cyber Crime Bhopal by the complainant Durgesh Kumar, resident of Bhopal, that an unknown person with mobile number 8989021422 opened a demat account through a link on the octa trading website and cheated him of Rs 4,46,000 through UPI in various bank accounts by luring him to trade in foreign currency online. On the basis of the facts and technical information received on the investigation of the application and a case under section 420 IPC was registered in the police station crime branch and investigation was taken up.
The modus operandi of the accused to use a fake website was created by the accused in the name of Octa Trading. The accused get the numbers of customers trading in the share market online and contact them through fake mobile numbers and open demat accounts on octa trading website in the name of online bulk trading in foreign currency, in which fake trades are conducted and shown for investment in currency, in which fake profit of buying and selling is shown in the customer's wallet on the OCTA trading website itself. People are cheated in the name of various types of foreign trades.
After the money is credited to the account, the accused withdraw the money in cash from the ATM.
Cyber Crime District Bhopal team took prompt action and on the basis of evidence obtained at field level and technical analysis, technical information of the actual user of the fake website used in committing the crime was obtained and the actual accused was identified by the team members at field level using the information obtained and other accused of the gang were identified on the basis of bank account and mobile number used in cheating the complainant. On the basis of technical and field level information, the accused of the gang were arrested from Indore.
In the action 2 laptops, 2 iPhone mobiles,3 Android phones, 7 keypad mobiles used in the crime have been seized and other absconding accused are being searched.
The accused were identified as Ayush Thakur of Sehore who would contact customers through call and opening demat account on fake website and getting money deposited in the name of investment. Arrangement of fake SIM and accounts was made by him.
Nitin Thakur of Dewas used to contact customers through call and opening demat account on fake website and getting money deposited in the name of investment.
Prithviraj Singh Sendhav of Dewas created fake website and using it for the fraud. STAFF REPORTER n BHOPAL
Cyber Crime Branch Bhopal arrested three accused of an organized gang from Indore and sent them behind bars for creating fake trading websites and making people invest in foreign currency.
The accused have created a fake website by the name of oca trading. The accused get the numbers of customers trading in the share market online and contact them.
They deceive people by promising them more profits by making them invest in foreign currency. They used to show fake trades and profits on octa trading website. The accused have been cheating victims for the last 1 year.
The accused use fake bank accounts and mobile numbers for cheating. Evidence has been found of the accused cheating about 100 people.
On April 25, a written complaint was filed in Cyber Crime Bhopal by the complainant Durgesh Kumar, resident of Bhopal, that an unknown person with mobile number 8989021422 opened a demat account through a link on the octa trading website and cheated him of Rs 4,46,000 through UPI in various bank accounts by luring him to trade in foreign currency online. On the basis of the facts and technical information received on the investigation of the application and a case under section 420 IPC was registered in the police station crime branch and investigation was taken up.
The modus operandi of the accused to use a fake website was created by the accused in the name of Octa Trading. The accused get the numbers of customers trading in the share market online and contact them through fake mobile numbers and open demat accounts on octa trading website in the name of online bulk trading in foreign currency, in which fake trades are conducted and shown for investment in currency, in which fake profit of buying and selling is shown in the customer's wallet on the OCTA trading website itself. People are cheated in the name of various types of foreign trades.
After the money is credited to the account, the accused withdraw the money in cash from the ATM.
Cyber Crime District Bhopal team took prompt action and on the basis of evidence obtained at field level and technical analysis, technical information of the actual user of the fake website used in committing the crime was obtained and the actual accused was identified by the team members at field level using the information obtained and other accused of the gang were identified on the basis of bank account and mobile number used in cheating the complainant. On the basis of technical and field level information, the accused of the gang were arrested from Indore.
In the action 2 laptops, 2 iPhone mobiles,3 Android phones, 7 keypad mobiles used in the crime have been seized and other absconding accused are being searched.
The accused were identified as Ayush Thakur of Sehore who would contact customers through call and opening demat account on fake website and getting money deposited in the name of investment. Arrangement of fake SIM and accounts was made by him.
Nitin Thakur of Dewas used to contact customers through call and opening demat account on fake website and getting money deposited in the name of investment.
Prithviraj Singh Sendhav of Dewas created fake website and using it for the fraud.
