Hyderabad:Two teams of Seberbud Police SOT destroyed two gangs involved in online cricket betting and arrested four people in this regard. When a person associated with the gang was arrested by Balanagar SOT, three members of another gang were arrested by Medchal Sot.
A total of Rs 3,60,531 were recovered from the two gang members. The bank accounts belonging to members of both gangs were frozen by the police.
In the first incident, Balanagar SOT arrested Navuluri Mallikarjun, a sub-book that resided in Ongole Nizampet, and booked online through the Radhe Exchange app under the supervision of another Bookie in Ongole called Vikram. As we all know, there are up to 20 people on the racket. He grabbed about 7,000 cash and three cell phones from him, and 77,735 people in Culprit’s bank account were frozen by police.
In the second incident, the Medchal SOT arrested one Kachwa Navratan from Naya Darwaza in Nagaur district of Rajasthan, who runs a footwear shop in Alwal, Mukesh Sankla from Hawai Patti, Nagaur, Nikhil Sankla from Begambazar, and Ajit Singh, who runs a sweet shop in Sitaphalmandi.
When both raids were carried out within the Alvar Police Station, the defendant was handed over to Alvar Police. Detection is in progress.
Retired persons make a living in digital arrest scam
Hyderabad: A 72-year-old retired government employee from Hyderabad was cheated of 19.6 million in a digital arrest scam.
The online fraudster threatened him to participate in fraud-related money laundering cases and extorted the money. Under fear and anxiety, the victim followed the instructions and deposited the money.
According to D. Kavitha of DCP Cyber ​​Crime, the 42-year-old defendant Ranjit Kumar, a software engineer for digital arrest fraud from other states, allegedly suspected of two frauds in Telangana, who he revealed that he had provided and operated an account.
“We received a complaint from a retired government employee who said he was contacted by a person who claimed to be from the Mumbai airport,” Kaveta said.
“The caller claimed that a piece of parcel from Mumbai to Iran received the narcotics under his name and phone number in FedEx International Service and was told to contact the Anaesthesia Bureau for a liquidation certificate, otherwise he would be forced to inform the police to take necessary actions,” the DCP said.
“The fraudster later connected the victim to his colleagues, who served as an official in the Mumbai crime branch and asked the victim to speak with government officials to provide details of his Aadhaar card,” she said.
During the inquiry, Ranjit revealed that he contacted the victims through social media platforms. He served as a representative of government agencies along with colleagues who have not yet been arrested. Ranjit further acknowledged that he had threatened victims, claiming they were involved in serious crimes such as human trafficking, money laundering, narcotics, etc., by issuing fake documents and forged documents.
Cyber ​​police seized the defendant’s cell phone, check books and other materials used for the crime.
