Accused in custody…
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The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) of Delhi Police’s Special Cell has revealed a cyber fraud of US $ 6.25 lakh (about 5.5 million) from American citizens. The police have arrested five accused in this connection from different parts of the country.
The accused have been identified as Kunal Singh alias Christopher (31), a resident of UP, Subrata Das alias Austin (32), a resident of Odisha, Suman Chandra Das (26), a resident of West Bengal and Gautam and Amit Singh, residents of Delhi. Police recovered seven lakh cash, six MacBook laptops, 11 mobile phones, three routers and other items from the accused. The accused used to trap American citizens sitting abroad in the name of providing technical support. After this, fearing that the information about their bank accounts was with the hackers, they used to transfer the money in their accounts to other accounts and grab them.
How many people have been cheated by the accused, it is being investigated. Special Commissioner of Special Cell HGS Dhaliwal said that in the past some American citizens had complained to the Deputy Commissioner of Police IFSO through their embassy. Complainants Jose Antonio Cordero and Lanivati Tanudja said that on October 21, 2021, they sought online help from the technical support website Geek Squad for their laptop problems. The same day the victim received a call. The caller introduces himself as John from Geek Squad. John told that his laptop has been hacked. If the money is not immediately transferred to another account, then their money will be stolen by hackers.
Laptop ordered in Mehrauli
After winning the trust, the accused diverted their money to other accounts through gift cards and wire transfers. Later, the accused sent photographs of some fake checks to the victim in lieu of his amount. The accused told the victim that he would have to buy new mobiles and laptops so that such incidents do not happen again in future. By purchasing two MacBook Pro laptops and four expensive mobiles from the victim, on the pretext of installing the software, they were brought to Mehrauli, Delhi.