Prayagraj: The 23-year-old fraudster, who was arrested in city on Aug 16 for duping several people of Rs 1.25 cr within a short span of 15 months, had set up two bars-cum-restaurants at posh central Delhi’s locations with the ill-gotten money, investigation revealed. DCP (City) Deepak Bhuker told TOI that “While mastermind Sandeep Kumar Sen was pursuing BBA first year his key aide Mohd Sahil was a 12th pass out.
Sandeep used to pose as as CBIEDRBI, income tax, and police officials and extorted money by putting people under digital arrest.” He said Sen is tech savvy and used to download and manipulate the FIR pattern as done by the central agencies and then targetted gullible individuals.” “After duping over a dozen people, the duo had set up two bar-cum-restaurants named Night Queen Bar & Restaurant and Metro View Bar & Restaurant at central Delhi after spending over Rs 40 lakh.
They had even kept bouncers and led a lavish lifestyle,” he added. Initially, the cybercriminal used to trap gullible victims on the pretext of doubling their money through dubious investments. “When victims sought the return of their money, the duo posing as CBIED and Income Tax officials, used to threaten them with fake FIRs along with sending them fake summon copies.
They used to target people, particularly those who were interested in investing in digital currency seeking multi-layer profits. To win the trust of victims, they even created fake ledger accounts app or documents to s.