ONE IS B.TECH (COMPUTER SCIENCE), BPUT, ODISHA, THE FRAUDSTERS LURED PEOPLE BY OFFERING LUCRATIVE EARNINGS THROUGH FAKE WEBSITES IN THE GUISE OF ‘WORK FROM HOME’ SCHEME, ROLE OF FOREIGN NATIONALS ALSO FOUND IN OPERATING THE BANK ACCOUNTS, MANY BANK ACCOUNTS WITH CRORES OF DAILY DEPOSITS OF CHEATED AMOUNT FOUND
Face2News/New Delhi
The team of Cyber PS of Outer District has done a splendid work by arresting two accused persons, involved in a nationwide run fraudulent racket that used to lure people by offering lucrative earnings through fake websites under the guise of ‘Work from Home’ scheme. The role of some foreign nationals has also been found in operating the bank accounts used for cheating purpose.
The accused used to trap people by offering them a Part-Time job in which they can work from the comfort of their homes and by working online only with their mobile phones they could earn Rs 3,000-20,000/- per day depending on the level they are enrolling for.Many bank accounts with daily deposits running into crores of cheated amount have also been found.
Cyber PS Outer District had registered an FIR vide FIR No. 68/2022 u/s 420/120B/34 IPC on the complaint of Ms. Saloni in which she was cheated of Rs. 9,05,682/-. She alleged that she saw an advertisement on Instagram for part time job and got a phone number from there. She sent a WhatsApp message on that number regarding job and received the reply that they were hiring people regarding Amazon process.
She was told that core business of their company is to help amazon merchants increase product sales and rankings. Every time the employee completes a task he will get a generous commission and can earn Rs. 3000- 10000/- per day.Mr. Haredra Singh, IPS, DCP, Outer distt, said, during sustained interrogation, accused Manish Giri disclosed that he is a B. Tech (Computer Science) from Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha. He had also worked for 03 years as Country Manager of India for a Chinese Firm which had launched its own app store Mobogenie from 2012-2014. After working for 08 years in Digital Advertisement companies he was freelancing in the same field however his monthly income had plummeted to 01 lakh from more than 04 lakh. It was then, he came into contact with Chinese nationals.
They told her that her job is to help in increasing their product sales, improve product rankings and she can work from home using a mobile phone for 10-30 minutes every day. She had to complete the orders sent by the system and as soon as she completed her daily order task she could withdraw the money immediately.
They made her signin on www.knnk.in with invitation Code:- Cafa2d. For completing 8 tasks, she invested total amount of Rs. 6,84,757/- with commission accruing of Rs. 2,05,565.35/-. After that she waited for the amount to be transferred into her bank account and she got a message on telegram that her account on above website has been freezed and she has to pay tax for releasing the amount.
They sent screenshots of 20 people to her whose tasks were completed and amount was earned by them. They told her that her current withdrawal amount is Rs. 6,84,757/-, but for withdrawing the amount, she has to pay tax. In the name of investment and tax, they furthertook money from her and cheated her of Rs. 9,05,682/- in total.
After registration of the case, a team comprising SI Amit Kumar, ASI Rajesh, HC Kulveer and HC Vinod Kumar, led by Inspector Sandeep Panwar SHO/Cyber Police Station was constituted under the supervision of ACP Operations/ Sh. Arun Kumar Chaudhary. During investigation, notice was sent to concerned bank for getting the details of alleged beneficiary accounts and money was found transferred to 18 different bank accounts.
Out of the total money, Rs. 25,000/- were found transferred to an IDFC First Bank Account No. 10106276090 and the bank account was found in the name of M/s Saintmoksha Private Limited, having registered office at H.No.-104, Top floor, Masoodpur Dairy, Delhi. Total transactions of the account of M/s Saintmoksha Private Limited was found of Rs. 95,55,960/- in a single day on 15.10.2022 .
During investigation, accused Shashank Srivastav R/o Vasant Kunj Delhi, Age-32 years was arrested in the case on 13.12.2022 and mobile no. +919667209561 registered with above mentioned IDFC First bank account was recovered from him and chat with a person namely Manish Giri, whom he has provided his bank account, was found on his phone regarding providing the bank account of M/s Saintmoksha Private Limited.
Charge sheet against 05 accused persons namely 1) Mayur Saini (One of the Director of M/s Komers Garments India Pvt. Ltd. showing deposits of more than Rs 07 Crores in a single day on 15.10.2022. He was arrested on 22.11.2022. 2) Mahipal & 3) Ganga Ram (Directors of M/s Sunmart Global Private Limited showing deposits of 6.96 Crores in two days on 21.10.2022 and 22.10.2022.
They were arrested on 27.12.2022. 4) Shashank Srivastav& 5) Manisha Katyal (Directors of M/s Saintmoksha Private Limited) arrested on 13.12.2022, has already been filed in the Hon’ble court on 18.01.2023.
During further investigation of the case, it was found that out of the total cheated money, Rs. 1,30,000/- were found transferred to a Kotak Mahindra Bank account No. 4147092898 and the bank account was found in the name of M/s Harvest For Homes Private Limited having registered office at Sector-R/12 NaharAmrit Shakti, Chandiwali Farm Road, Anderi Mumbai MH-400072. Total transactions in the account of M/s Harvest For Homes Private Limited was found of Rs. 1,91,45,909 /- in a single day on 15.10.2022. Accused Shashikant Vishwakarma and his wife Sunita were found to be directors of M/s Harvest For Homes Private Limited.
A raid was conducted at Mumbai, Maharashtra for the search of accused Manish Giri, Shashikant Vishwakarma & other accused persons. On the basis of technical surveillance, accused Manish Giri was arrested from Suntek Apartment, Goregaon, Mumbai on 28.03.2023.
On the basis of technical surveillance, accused Shashikant Vishwakarma was arrested from Flat No.-1201, Lilal, Nahar Amrit Shakti, Powai, Chandiwali Mumbai Maharastra on 29.03.2023. Accused Shashikant Vishwakarma identified accused Manish Giri as the same person, whom he had given the account of his company for online gaming on commission basis.
Mr. Haredra Singh, IPS, DCP, Outer distt, said, during sustained interrogation, accused Manish Giri disclosed that he is a B. Tech (Computer Science) from Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha. He had also worked for 03 years as Country Manager of India for a Chinese Firm which had launched its own app store Mobogenie from 2012-2014.
After working for 08 years in Digital Advertisement companies he was freelancing in the same field however his monthly income had plummeted to 01 lakh from more than 04 lakh. It was then, he came into contact with Chinese nationals. These Chinese nationals namely Outman, Vincent and Mark were in contact with him through Telegram and Skype and they asked him to help them procure Current bank accounts of companies having high daily processing capacity of payment for their gaming business and he would be paid 1% of transaction value in those bank accounts as commission.
That he arranged few bank accounts for these Chinese nationals including of M/s Saintmoksha Private Limited and M/s Harvest For Homes Private Limited from Shashank Srivastav and Shashikant Vishwakarma respectively. Accused Shashikant Vishwakarma was induced to install AirDroid application in his mobile phone having registered mobile number of Current bank account by Manish Giri and earned 06 lakh by lending his bank account.
During the course of investigation, it has been found that accused persons namely MayurSaini, Mahipal, Ganga Ram, Shashank Srivastava, Shashikant Vishwakarma opened private limited companies in the name of which current account in banks were opened and sold their bank accounts for money. Accused Manish Giri was in touch with foreign nationals (allegedly Chinese nationals) through Telegram and Skype.
They either gave the Internet Banking credentials of those sold bank accounts to those Chinese Nationals over Telegram initially. However, later on these Chinese Nationals took remote access of mobile phone having registered mobile number of sold bank accounts through ‘AirDroid’ application to operate those bank accounts.
It has been found that victims are lured by offering a Part-Time job in which they can work from the comfort of their home and working only on their mobile online can earn Rs 3,000-20,000 per day depending on the level they are enrolling for.
They are directed through Social Media/Telegram/ WhatsApp to create an account on a fake website operated by the fraudsters. The fraudsters initially give high returns on small investment of Rs 100 to Rs 1000. The return is above 30% and this return can be remitted to the bank account of victims. This is done to gain confidence of victims and to make them invest huge amounts. As the victim makes high deposit into the scheme of fraudster, the victim keeps on getting high value tasks for which more money has to be added to the scheme/his account on fake website.
The victim is told if he does not complete the given set of tasks their account would be freezed. Even if all the task given by fraudster are completed, more money is demanded as Tax and other charges to release the money accumulated by victim on the fake website. At last victim comes to know that he has been cheated.
KNOW THE ACCUSED: Manish Giri R/o Suntek City, Goregaon West, Mumbai. Age-37 years, Shashi kant Vishwakarma R/o Chandiwali, Powai, Andheri East Mumbai Maharastra. Age-47 years
CASES WORKOUT: FIR No. 68/2022 U/s 420/120B/34 IPC, PS Cyber, Outer District
RECOVERY: 03 Mobile Phones
Further investigation of the case is in progress.