ACCUSED USED, FAKE THIRD PARTY MOBILE APPLICATION PORTFOLIO APP ‘PINN’ TO MISLEAD THEIR INVESTORS.01 POS MACHINE, 12 MOBILE PHONES, 02 FINGERPRINT SCANNER, 85 SIM CARDS, 69 ATM CARDS, 15 STAMPS, AND OTHER DOCUMENTS RECOVERED.
Face2News/New Delhi
On the basis of complaint of Mr. Manoj Kumar Kaser S/o Nathu Lal R/o Shastri Park, Delhi, a case u/s 318(4) BNS was registered at Cyber PS North-East and investigation was taken up, wherein the complainant alleged that he came across a Instagram link promising to earn high profits by investing in a third-party mobile application namely PINN.
Under the allurement, he starts trading using said application. Initially his bank account was credited with some amount but later the victim was made to invest Rs. 21 Lakhs in parts in the said investment portfolio and when the victim tried to withdraw his accumulated amount, there was no response from other side.
Mr.Ashish Mishra, IPS, Dy. Commissioner of Police, North-East District, said, on their sustained interrogation it came to fore that accused Santosh Kumar and Raj Chauhan established an office in the name of SUPPLY SPHARE SOLUTIONS where they promises job to unemployed public in different companies as security guard/labour/etc. and took their ID/PAN cards.
During investigation a dedicated team led by Insp. Rahul Kumar, SHO PS Cyber comprising of SI Mohit Yadav, CTs Abhishek & Kapil under the supervision of Sh. Mangesh Gedam, ACP/Operations/North East gathered clues through technical surveillance and other sources and traced two transactions of Rs. 6 Lakh each credited to a bank A/c in Mumbai, but the contact details of proprietors were not reachable. After relentless efforts the team successfully traced and raided premises of a company in the name of Fantastic Entertainment, in the area of Goregaon West, Mumbai and arrested following two accused persons:
Raj Chauhan S/o Vijay Chauhan R/o Mau, UP, Age-21 Years and Santosh Kumar S/o Lalan Prasad R/o Azamgarh, UP, Age- 35 Years.
01 POS Machine, 12 mobile phones, 02 fingerprint scanner, 85 SIM Cards, 69 ATM Cards, 15 stamps, and other documents were recovered from their possession during the raid.
Mr.Ashish Mishra, IPS, Dy. Commissioner of Police, North-East District, said, on their sustained interrogation it came to fore that accused Santosh Kumar and Raj Chauhan established an office in the name of SUPPLY SPHARE SOLUTIONS where they promises job to unemployed public in different companies as security guard/labour/etc. and took their ID/PAN cards.
On their documents, fraudsters used to prepare Udyam Certificate, GST certificate, Rent agreement, etc. and using these documents they opened multiple current account with huge limits in the name of fake firms. These bank accounts were further sell out to cyber fraudsters to siphon off the cheated amount.
Further investigation in the case is in progress.