Kanpur: Crime branch busted a gang cyber Fraudsters committing fraud in the name of depositing insurance premium.
This gang has so far duped about Rs 3 crore from about 1,000 people from the call centers of Chandausi and Delhi.
The Crime Branch has arrested three people and recovered the data and laptops of many people including 19 mobiles.
One such person, Shatrughan Mahato, a resident of Kalyanpur area, had taken a policy from Exide Life Insurance in 2019. On September 14, he got a call to pay the insurance premium. The caller talked about getting 10 percent discount on premium payment. On this, Mahto deposited Rs 47,950 of the installment online. When he asked for the receipt, the caller refused and instead demanded more money to issue it.
After this he realized that a gang of fraudsters had cheated him. Later he lodged an FIR at Kalyanpur police station.
After this the crime branch took the matter into its own hands.
According to DCP Crime Salman Taj Patil, when the investigation started, it was found that the gang was operating from Chandausi.
Atul, a resident of Gov village, was arrested after zero-in.
During interrogation, it was found that the call center was operating from Badaun.
On the basis of the secret information given by Atul, the police arrested another convict Darshan Srivastava, a resident of Bhojpur in Badaun. Taking further action on the basis of secret information, the police have also arrested Raghuveer Kumar, a resident of Janki Vihar Prem Nagar Delhi, who operated the call center. Raghuveer is originally from Gorakhpur (UP).
The DCP told reporters that Raghuveer has done MCA. Earlier he used to work in a call center in Delhi. All the young women were kept in the call center who used to trap people.
Atul used to look after the business of financial transactions.
“How many people were called, how much money was earned, how much was spent, Atul used to maintain the bookkeeping related to all these. Atul used to keep 50 per cent of the earnings from the centres.
About 19 mobiles, one laptop, 28 ATM cards of different banks and data of 1000 people have been recovered from the accused.
“Information has been received about some people who had taken Rs 5-6 thousand from the accused for using their account,” he said.
“The accused used to contact the agents by getting numbers from a local search engine ‘Just Dial’ and deal with the agents to get the data of the insurance company. They used to get the data for one or two rupees per person.” DCP Crime said.
“Along with that data, they used to get other information from the website of the insurance company. After that they used to call gullible victims and cheated them,” he added.
DCP Crime said that about 20 girls were kept in the call center of Delhi, who used to contact people on the phone.
“He has been placed on a salary of Rs 6-8,000 per month,” he said, adding that what other role he played in collusion with the fraudsters is being confirmed.
This gang has so far duped about Rs 3 crore from about 1,000 people from the call centers of Chandausi and Delhi.
The Crime Branch has arrested three people and recovered the data and laptops of many people including 19 mobiles.
One such person, Shatrughan Mahato, a resident of Kalyanpur area, had taken a policy from Exide Life Insurance in 2019. On September 14, he got a call to pay the insurance premium. The caller talked about getting 10 percent discount on premium payment. On this, Mahto deposited Rs 47,950 of the installment online. When he asked for the receipt, the caller refused and instead demanded more money to issue it.
After this he realized that a gang of fraudsters had cheated him. Later he lodged an FIR at Kalyanpur police station.
After this the crime branch took the matter into its own hands.
According to DCP Crime Salman Taj Patil, when the investigation started, it was found that the gang was operating from Chandausi.
Atul, a resident of Gov village, was arrested after zero-in.
During interrogation, it was found that the call center was operating from Badaun.
On the basis of the secret information given by Atul, the police arrested another convict Darshan Srivastava, a resident of Bhojpur in Badaun. Taking further action on the basis of secret information, the police have also arrested Raghuveer Kumar, a resident of Janki Vihar Prem Nagar Delhi, who operated the call center. Raghuveer is originally from Gorakhpur (UP).
The DCP told reporters that Raghuveer has done MCA. Earlier he used to work in a call center in Delhi. All the young women were kept in the call center who used to trap people.
Atul used to look after the business of financial transactions.
“How many people were called, how much money was earned, how much was spent, Atul used to maintain the bookkeeping related to all these. Atul used to keep 50 per cent of the earnings from the centres.
About 19 mobiles, one laptop, 28 ATM cards of different banks and data of 1000 people have been recovered from the accused.
“Information has been received about some people who had taken Rs 5-6 thousand from the accused for using their account,” he said.
“The accused used to contact the agents by getting numbers from a local search engine ‘Just Dial’ and deal with the agents to get the data of the insurance company. They used to get the data for one or two rupees per person.” DCP Crime said.
“Along with that data, they used to get other information from the website of the insurance company. After that they used to call gullible victims and cheated them,” he added.
DCP Crime said that about 20 girls were kept in the call center of Delhi, who used to contact people on the phone.
“He has been placed on a salary of Rs 6-8,000 per month,” he said, adding that what other role he played in collusion with the fraudsters is being confirmed.
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