TWO CHEATERS/FRAUDSTERS OF CYBER SYNDICATE ARRESTED, ACCUSED USED TO TRANSFER CHEATED MONEY IN MULTI LAYER ACCOUNTS AND THEN CONVERTING IT INTO CRYPTOCURRENCY/USDT TO MISLEAD THE BANKING SYSTEM & LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, THREE SMART PHONES USED FOR COMMISSION OF CRIME RECOVERED, COMPLAINANT WAS DUPED OF 3.75 LAKHS
Face2News/New Delhi
The staff of PS Cyber, South West District has arrested two cheaters/fraudsters namely Ahtisham R/o Laxmi Nagar, Delhi: Age 25 years & Mukesh Luthra R/o Laxmi Nagar, Delhi: Age 29 years, involved in an online work-from- home job fraud. Accused used to cheat individuals under the pretext of part-time online product reviewing jobs and subsequently laundering the cheated money via cryptocurrency. With their arrest, three mobile phones used in the crime were recovered from their possession.
INCIDENT: On 20.06.25, a complainant residing in Palam, New Delhi lodged an online complaint on NCRP portal wherein he alleged that on 18.06.2025, he was contacted by a female through WhatsApp offering him work from home job opportunity. In the said job, he had to review some website for reward points. After few tasks, he was asked by the fraudsters to do pre-paid tasks for high rewards. Then he started investing first hand in such tasks but later he was lured and trapped in such a manner that they kept asking him to deposit the money on one pretext or other assuring his funds would be redeemed which were allegedly earned by him. Complainant was duped of a sum of ₹3.75 lacs in total.
After preliminary enquiry, case FIR No 44/25, u/s 318(4) BNS was registered at PS Cyber/SWD & investigation was taken up.
INVESTIGATION & ARREST: onsidering the seriousness of the case, a dedicated team led by SI Chetan Rana comprising HC Vijaypal & HC Manender was constituted under the leadership of Insp. Pravesh Kaushik, SHO/PS Cyber/SWD and overall supervision of Sh. Vijay Kumar, ACP/Ops to identify and nab the accused persons. The team was tasked to take bipolar strategies in the investigation of the case; one to investigate on money trails and the other on the technical leads. During the course of investigation, the money trail was analyzed & it was revealed that out of total cheated amount, an amount of about 1 Lakh rupees was credited in an IDFC Bank account registered in the name of Ahtisham.
The said cheated amount was encashed by him through cheque from his bank which was also confirmed by CCTV footage of the bank. Further, Investigation revealed that the account was operated by co accused Mukesh Luthra @ Pankaj who was also found previously involved in multiple cheating cases who further transferred the cash received from cyber fraud proceeds to different bank accounts for sale purchase of Bitcoins and laundered the cheated funds.
Thereafter raids were conducted in Laxmi Nagar area of Delhi for a number of days as the accused were not residing at their registered addresses and were in a hiding. However, further technical inputs led to the arrest of accused persons Ahtisham & Mukesh Luthra.
DETAILS OF ACCUSED PERSONS: 1. Ahtisham R/o Laxmi Nagar, Delhi: Age 25 years.
2. Mukesh Luthra R/o Laxmi Nagar, Delhi: Age 29 years.
MODUS OPERANDI: The accused operated a nationwide fraud scheme using Telegram and other social media platforms, luring victims with offers of easy income through online "work-from-home" jobs. Victims were initially paid nominal amounts for simple tasks like reviewing websites, only to be drawn into larger prepaid tasks involving the buying and selling of Bitcoin. The fraudsters then kept demanding additional payments from the victims on various pretexts under the guise of "redeeming earnings."
The arrested individuals were involved in: • Arranging bank accounts to route and launder funds. • Moving cheated money across multiple bank accounts. • Converting the proceeds into cryptocurrency/(USDT) to mislead banks and law enforcement agencies.,said (AMIT GOEL), IPS
DY. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE. SOUTH WEST DISTT: NEW DELHI
RECOVERY: 1. 03 Mobile phones & 3 SIM Cards used by the criminals.
CASE WORKED OUT:1. FIR No. 44/2025, u/s 318(4)/61(2)/3(5) BNS, PS Cyber, South West District
Accused have been sent in Judicial Custody and further Investigation is under progress.