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 genuine apps. We also published the following articles recently Bull run on stock markets gives free rein to cyber crooks Businessman Amit Meghani lost Rs one crore to cybercriminals through a fake stock investment app he found on social media.
Such scams have surged, with fraudsters taking advantage of the recent stock market boom. The callers are highly convincing, leading many like tour operator Rajiv Chauhan to also lose substantial amounts. Authorities warn against these sophisticated scams.
Chhattisgarh CM launches Mahtari app for transferring monthly amount to women's account Chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai released the sixth monthly instalment of Mahtari Vandan Yojana, crediting Rs 1000 to 70 lakh womens bank accounts in Chhattisgarh. Sai also launched the Mahtari Vandan mobile app for beneficiaries and inaugurated three new SDM offices in Jagdalpur, Tokapal, and Lohandiguda to improve local administrative services. Bidhannagar police bust gang duping businessmen with fake tenders for Bengal school uniforms Bidhannagar police dismantled a fraud ring that scammed businessmen by falsely promising contracts to make school uniforms and accessories distributed for free by the Bengal government.
Twelve arrests were made, and over 1.5 lakh school bags and 3.5 lakh uniforms were recovered.
The self-help groups authorized to produce these items were never involved with the fraudsters..
