Delhi Police bust syndicate involved digital-arrest fraud; trio held
The Delhi Police Claimed to have unearthed a syndicate involved in the digital arrest and investment scam in collaboration with criminals based abroad, it said on Tuesday.
The Delhi Police Claimed to have unearthed a syndicate involved in the digital arrest and investment scam in collaboration with criminals based abroad, it said on Tuesday.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Delhi Zonal Office, has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 82.29 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) police apprehended 203 offenders, including travel agents and facilitators of illegal immigration, this year in a bid to crack down on visa and passport fraudsters, it said in a statement on Monday.
The businesspersons have alleged that if any fraudster buys garments from their shops and makes payment into their bank account online or through UPI by the money duped through the fraud, the police and investigating agencies freeze the entire account of the shopkeeper.
As per the data released by IGIA police, total 19 foreign nationals caught included 12 from Bangladesh, three each from Myanmar, Nepal and one from Afghanistan.
On the basis of a complaint received by one of the Indian POS officials, an FIR, under IPC section 419, 420 and section 66C/66D under IT Act 2000, has been registered and investigation is underway.
The ponzi unit, floated by Singh, had duped hundreds of investors across Odisha giving false assurances of high returns under its different schemes involving various digital and online products. The fraudster had spread his network in various States including Maharashtra, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, West Bengal, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.
The trio had entered into criminal conspiracy to forge documents and signatures of a retired IAS officer Benudhar Dash, the nodal officer Claims Commissions (Odisha State Housing Board), police said.
The lookout circular, which prevents a person from leaving the country, was issued by BOI after the Economic Offences Wing of crime branch police had made an official request in this regard.
The accused, Akhilesh Kumar (42), had a case lodged against him at Krishna Nagar police station by, Manoj Kumar Meena, the regional office head of Canara Bank (Vipin Khand).
