The Delhi Police has arrested a 24-year-old man for allegedly cheating an Air Force officer of Rs 75,000 on the pretext of purchasing furniture from him through e-commerce website.
The accused has been identified as Ajruddin, a resident of Mewat district in Haryana.
According to Anyesh Roy, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Cyber crime unit, police received a complaint from an Air Force officer that he was trying to sell his old furniture online on the popular e-commerce website.
“He was contacted by a person who claimed to be one Sahil, a constable in CISF. The accused agreed to buy the furniture and said that since he was posted in a remote area of Rajasthan, he could not come over to make the payment or collect the item personally. Hence, he would make an advance payment through UPI,”said the Deputy Commissioner of Police.
“The complainant gave the number of his sister-in-law. The accused sent a UPI link for payment, but instead of money being credited, it was debited from her account on multiple occasions,” said the Deputy Commissioner of Police.
“During investigation, police identified the main accused through technical help. Ajruddin, along with his associates, was on run and got arrested from near Nuh bus stop, Mewat earlier this week, the Deputy Commissioner of Police said.
“Interrogation revealed that Ajruddin, along with his associates, created fake IDs of army and paramilitary personnel on e-commerce platforms after copying the photographs from genuine social media profiles,” said the Deputy Commissioner of Police.
“On the pretext of being posted in difficult terrain, the accused assure the victims that they would make an advance payment for the product which they want to buy. However, the UPI link generated by them was not for crediting into the victim’s account, but for debiting the money,” said the Deputy Commissioner of Police.
“When the victims call the accused and demanded the money back, they assured that there was some error in the previous link and they are again sending a link for twice the amount to compensate for the previous erroneous transfer,” said the Deputy Commissioner of Police adding that efforts are being made to nab the other accused persons.