State Cyber Police have nabbed a couple from Mumbai on the charge of involvement in duping youths through fake website and email of CDS (Centre for Development Studies) an autonomous body under Human Resource Development Ministry.
Special Investigation Team (SIT) nabbed the two accused identified as Sohail Ahmed and his wife Jahira Rafeeq. The two have been active in Mumbai, Delhi, Jhansi and Lucknow.
A youth from Indore was duped to the tune of `17 lakh while Bhopal youth was duped to the tune of `1.5 lakh.
After the complaint was lodged by Indore based Harshal Bhardwaj victim regarding fraud of `17 lakh which he deposited in different bank accounts in parts. A case under section 419,420 of the IPC and section 66D of the IT Act was registered.
In the same another victim Syed Akhlaq Ahmed was duped in the year 2018.
Both the victims were duped in the same manner as they contacted accused after they find advertisements of the CDS. The accused were provided with fake documents of selection in jobs and money was obtained for selection in different phases required to be clear for getting job.
The accused have made fake website www.cds-gov.in which was identical and victims failed to recognize the difference.
During the investigation police have found that the couple has duped people in Andra Pradesh, Gujarat as complaints of same nature has been registered by cyber crime police of the state. The two have duped several searching for job and applied through their fake website and email