Vadodara: The cybercrime police have arrested a resident of Ahmedabad for duping a man of Rs 38 lakh. Amit Pithadiya, a member of the cyber fraud gang, was nabbed from Chandkheda and brought to the city on Sunday. The cops tracked him down from the bank account to which the siphoned money was transferred by the crooks.
Pithadiya told the police that he opened the bank account in his name and sold it to the other members of the cyber fraud gang. He used to charge commission from the gang for letting them use his bank account. Investigations revealed that transactions worth over Rs 1.
5 crore have been done in his bank account. The investigators are now trying to track down the other accused. The gang had duped Rajiv Chauhan, a tours and travels operator, in the city.
Chauhan filed a complaint at the Cyber Crime police station in July this year. In his complaint, he said that an advertisement of stock market investment appeared on his Facebook wall some months ago. When he clicked on the advertisement, Chauhan was sent a link on his WhatsApp.
He joined the WhatsApp group, following which he started getting messages from a person named Devika. She offered him stock market tips and also promised 5% to 25% returns on his investment. He was asked to download a mobile app and feed his personal details.
Chauhan also clicked on similar other advertisements and downloaded the apps. He kept transferring money to these apps, thinking that he was investing money in the stocks through genui.