Bhopal police have nabbed two interstate fraudsters involved in cheating victims through a fake company; over 30 victims were cheated by the accused. Miscreants were tracked after a police team raided several places in Rajasthan, Delhi and Haryana.
A complaint was made by Laxmi Shankar Vyas who had applied for a job in a company through an online portal. Later he was contacted and asked to meet near Galaxy hospital where a youth came and asked for a mobile phone for sending mail to the company regarding her job.
The youth escaped with the mobile and cheated Rs 102800 from the victim using the mobile phone. Victim approached Bajaria police and lodged a complaint against the youth.
Police started an investigation and tracked the miscreants in three different states. The two were identified as Jaiprakash Pathak(28) and Abhishek Gupta(25) of Delhi. The two have duped over 30 victims in over four states.
The two used to open bank accounts using documents of illiterate people and using fake documents would obtain SIM cards. Using the SIM cards and bank accounts the two would target victims at several places. The accused would spend money for luxury goods and a stylish lifestyle.
Providing the modus operandi, the accused told the police that they would obtain SIM cards in bulk under Corporate Quota and would activate them and link them with the company.
Using the SIM cards they would invite online applications from less educated people and would ask details of their bank accounts.