Uttar Pradesh: Cyber fraud of 250 crores, network from China to Saudi Arabia, bank employees also involved in it, withdraw money by changing cities
Samad Sheikh, the kingpin of the gang that has carried out cyber fraud of Rs 250 crore so far through Telegram application, is sitting in Dubai. He is operating the gang from Dubai itself. It was at his behest that Vipul Shah and Nilesh had included other people in the gang.
The business of cyber thugs is spread from China to Saudi Arabia and many countries. SP Crime Subhash Chandra Gangwar said that the network of this gang is spread from China to Saudi Arabia. During interrogation of the arrested accused, it was found that the kingpin of the gang, Samad Sheikh, had got the apps prepared in Saudi Arabia from China’s IP address.
Samad Sheikh had contacted Vipul Shah and Nilesh. He had explained to both of them the way to earn lakhs of rupees. When Vipul Shah and Nilesh were ready, Samad Sheikh sent a huge amount to both of them. After this, he gave instructions to form a gang.
After this, the gang set up its office in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. There, they employed young men and started connecting them with people from different cities of the country through the app. After this, cyber thugs started asking for money by deceiving people.
The accounts in which the defrauded money is going. Out of those, cyber thugs were withdrawing about 40 to 48 lakh rupees from banks every day. After withdrawing money from the bank, they used to give it to Milan, Rana Arjun, Nilesh and Vipul and a person named Samad. In the entire case, everyone was given their commission from Ritesh’s office.
Bank employees and officers also involved
The arrested accused told that some people of this gang take help of bank employees and officers in opening people’s accounts. They are also given some share. Due to which they do not face any problem in opening accounts. They take documents from poor people by deceiving them to get the benefits of government schemes. Through which gang members Apurva, Kaitul and Manoj used to go to banks and open accounts. They also used to get verification done through settings in the bank.
They get signatures on the cheques in advance
Some of the accused take out cheques from the passbook and get signatures from the account holder. As soon as the money reaches the account, the money is withdrawn by using a cheque. The people who have the accounts are from far off places. Whereas the people who are cheated are also from far off places.
Vipul Shah and Nilesh have divided different tasks among other members. Sadaria Milan used to get the license of MSME firm by using people’s PAN card, Aadhar card. After this, he used to get the license of APMC. With the help of these licenses, cyber thugs used to withdraw cash from the bank and become TDS free. -Subhash Chandra Gangwar, SP Crime
