A cybercrime team of the Gurugram police has arrested two Airtel company employees who had provided virtual numbers to Indonesian and Chinese fraudsters to cheat people through WhatsApp/Telegram in the name of part-time job/investment.
As per the instructions of Priyanshu Diwan, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Cyber Crime, Gurugram, the police team of Cyber East, Gurugram and the joint team of Indian Cyber Coordination Center (I4C), MHA, Govt of India, took action based on technical analysis and nabbed the suspects on Thursday.
The accused have been identified as Neeraj Walia, a resident of District Baghpat (Uttar Pradesh), and Hemant Sharma. The accused were arrested as per rules in the case under sections 318(4), 319, 61(2) BNS at Police Station Cyber Crime East, Gurugram.
According to the police, the complainant filed a complaint that he received a call from a landline number in Gurugram in which he was offered a part-time job. In which the complainant/victim had to post reviews of different hotels.
On completing the task, Rs 200 were transferred to the victim's bank account. After that, the victim was added to the Telegram group by the accused. After that, while giving him the task, small amounts were transferred to his account 2-3 times.
Later on, money was transferred from him in the name of investing for these tasks. After that, more money was demanded to withdraw this money.
During police interrogation, it was found that Neeraj works as a site verifier in Airtel company and Hemant is his team leader.
"The accused had issued the landline number/DID number used in the crime in the name of Ekamdarsh Services Pvt Ltd. Despite the above company not being present on the mentioned site, the accused violated TRAI rules and issued a landline number in the name of the above company," Diwan said.
Using the above number, the companions of the accused cheated people in the name of task-based investment.
The accused also disclosed that, in connivance with the operational manager of Ekamdarsh Services Pvt Ltd, a company registered at a fake address, had provided many more numbers to an Indonesian person apart from the above landline number/DID number.
"In connection with the matter further investigation is underway. The accused have been taken on police remand for intensive interrogation," he added.