THE GANG HAS CHEATED 1977 PEOPLE ACROSS INDIAM SUSPECTED TRANSACTIONS OF RS. 350 CRORES AND DUBIOUS CRYPTO EXCHANGE HAVE COME ON RECORD. 7 MOBILE PHONES, 1 LAPTOP RECOVERED AND INR. 60 LAKHS FROZEN.
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Mr. Jai Goyal s/o Sh. Satish Kumar Goyal r/o Model Town, New Delhi alleged that some persons were extorting and blackmailing the public at large on the pretext of providing instant loan by getting access to their mobile data illegally through a loan app called Cash Advance.
Further, on search of NCRP portal, a total of 102 complaints from Delhi region and 1977 from all over India were found lodged against the same app. Hence, a case vide FIR No. 48/2023 u/s 384/385/420/120B IPC was lodged at PS Special Cell, Delhi after preliminary enquiry and investigation was taken up.
A team of IFSO/ Special Cell, Delhi led by SI Sonam Joshi consisting of SI Karamvir, SI Harjeet, ASI Neeraj Pandey, ASI Surender Rathi, HC Dharmender, HC Mohit, HC Rajesh, HC Pardeep, Ct Rakesh, Ct Darshan, Ct Deepak and Ct Himank was constituted under the supervision of ACP Sh. Jai Prakash to identify and apprehend the culprits.
Mr. Prashant P. Gautam, DCP, IFSO, Special cell, said, the gang used to offer short term loans to users at “very low interest rates” through a mobile application called Cash Advance and would get the access of personal data of victims at the stage of installation of the application. However, after giving the money through digital modes, they used to raise the interest rates exorbitantly and even after the repayment of the loan, they used to demand more money from the borrowers or their relatives by threatening them in various ways like sharing their morphed pictures.
During course of investigation, relevant details from various banks and ROC about the accounts, alleged companies and proprietorships were collected and it came to notice that companies were registered at the addresses of Delhi, Surat, Kerala and Kolkata. However, the directors of these alleged companies were not traceable. Hence, the team conducted comprehensive analysis and carried out exhaustive field investigation and finally succeeded in tracing the accused persons from different locations. Thereafter, simultaneous raids were conducted on these locations and accused persons were apprehended.
MODUS OPERANDI: Mr. Prashant P. Gautam, DCP, IFSO, Special cell, said, the gang used to offer short term loans to users at “very low interest rates” through a mobile application called Cash Advance and would get the access of personal data of victims at the stage of installation of the application. However, after giving the money through digital modes, they used to raise the interest rates exorbitantly and even after the repayment of the loan, they used to demand more money from the borrowers or their relatives by threatening them in various ways like sharing their morphed pictures. During course of investigation, it came to notice that the accused Gokul, Mustajab, Anisbhai, Ashok and Balwant had got registered the fake companies and got bank accounts opened. It has been revealed that an amount of around Rs. 350 Crores is circulated in these accounts out of which 83 Crores are again disbursed as micro loan to various persons after deducting the commission. Accused Nitin, who had worked in a Chinese loan app company as a team leader before, is well versed with the working of loan apps and recovery process.
KNOW THE ACCUSED: Mustajab Gulam Mohammed Naviwala s/o Gulam Mohammad r/o Surat, Gujarat, age 32 years., Anisbhai Ashrafbhai Vinchhi s/o Ashraf bhai r/o Surat, Gujarat, age 51 years., Gokul Biswas s/o Ashwini Kumar r/o Nadia, West Bengal, age 53 years, Ashok s/o Raj Kumar r/o Sultanpuri, Delhi-110086, age 36 years., Balwant s/o Raj Kumar R/o Sultanpuri, Delhi-110086, age 39 years., Nitin s/o Rohtash r/o Mahipalpur, Delhi, age 24 years.
RECOVERY: 7 mobile phones, 01 laptop, 15 debits cards and a total of Rs. 60 lakhs of the defrauded money has been frozen in various bank accounts.