New Delhi: As many as one hundred people have been arrested by the Delhi Police cybercrime unit recently from several places of the city for involving cyber fraud activities with foreign nationals.
According to reports, the accused group of people allegedly deceived several foreign nationals by posing as officials from law enforcement agencies.
The arrested employees used to pose as the law enforcement agency officials of the United States and dupe Americans' money after accusing them of being involved in criminal cases, reports said.
Based on the information that a huge illegal call centre was being operated from a place in Moti Nagar that is targeting foreign nationals and illegally inducing them to transfer money through Bitcoins and Gift cards, a team led by city cyber cell DCP, Anwesh Ray raided at several places and arrested as many as one hundred people till now.
On being interrogated, the accused persons confessed to the crime and they also confessed that they have swindled over Rs 100 crore from people.
The accused persons disclosed that they contact foreign nationals based in the US and other countries impersonating various law enforcement agencies and other government agencies such as the Social Security Administration, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the US Marshals Service, etc. and tell them that their bank accounts and other assets are being frozen as their details have been found at a crime scene and there are bank accounts running in their names using which illegal transactions have been made to drug cartels in Mexico and Colombia.
Later, they threaten the victims with immediate arrest. The accused would take the details of these transactions and transfer the money into their accounts.
Speaking to ETV Bharat, former ACP Ved Bhushan said, "In such cases, the biggest challenge for the police will be to identify the victims and bring them before the court. In this case, the cyber cell will try to get their written complaint from the victims through the embassy. If the police will be successful in getting complaints in this way, and if a victim tells the crime that happened to them through video conferencing, then this case will be strengthened."
Meanwhile, the case is under investigation and help is being obtained from the forensic labs of CyPAD-NCFL Delhi to retrieve crucial digital evidence and linkages. Efforts are being made to identify the involvement of others. Police also seized several desktops, more than 100 phones and a server from the premises. Further investigation is underway.
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