NOIDA: Cyber crime unit of Noida Police have arrested six members of a gang concerned in “digital arrests” and different fraudulent actions, together with drug trafficking, unlawful passport creation, and cash laundering, from Rajasthan, officers stated on Sunday. The gang’s actions had been traced to 73 complaints registered throughout a number of states, together with Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, Punjab, and others, they stated
Digital home arrest is a tactic the place cybercriminals confine victims to their properties as a way to rip-off them. Offenders generate worry by making audio or video calls, ceaselessly posing as legislation enforcement officers utilizing AI-generated voices or movies.
The cybercriminals had been apprehended from the Losal space in Sikar district, Rajasthan, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Cyber) Vivek Ranjan Rai stated.
“The gang operated by ‘digitally arresting’ gullible individuals and scaring them into believing they had been concerned in worldwide legal actions,” Rai stated.
“Investigations are ongoing, and related authorities in different states are being notified,” the officer stated.
Police stated the arrested people have been recognized as Kishan, Lakhan, Mahendra, Sanjay Sharma, Praveen Jagind, and Shambhu Dayal.
In response to police, on Might 9-10, the gang duped a complainant of Rs 52.50 lakh by convincing him that his identification was getting used to ship a parcel overseas containing unlawful medication, passports, and bank cards.
The gang posed as officers from the Mumbai crime department and different companies, claiming to analyze cash laundering, police stated.
Their modus operandi included utilizing third-party financial institution accounts, making cellphone and WhatsApp calls, and sending faux IDs to persuade victims of their authority.
“The suspects would inform the account holders that their parcels containing unlawful objects had been caught by customs in Mumbai, and the investigation was confidential, deterring them from discussing it with anybody,” the police stated in a press release.
“The suspects then transferred the victims’ cash into fraudulent accounts, later cashing it out and splitting it amongst themselves. In addition they performed police sirens within the background and despatched faux IDs to make the ‘digital arrest’ appear actual,” police stated.
The accused, all hailing from varied elements of Rajasthan, had been concerned in crimes throughout completely different states, making it a widespread cybercrime community, they stated.
Digital home arrest is a tactic the place cybercriminals confine victims to their properties as a way to rip-off them. Offenders generate worry by making audio or video calls, ceaselessly posing as legislation enforcement officers utilizing AI-generated voices or movies.
The cybercriminals had been apprehended from the Losal space in Sikar district, Rajasthan, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Cyber) Vivek Ranjan Rai stated.
“The gang operated by ‘digitally arresting’ gullible individuals and scaring them into believing they had been concerned in worldwide legal actions,” Rai stated.
“Investigations are ongoing, and related authorities in different states are being notified,” the officer stated.
Police stated the arrested people have been recognized as Kishan, Lakhan, Mahendra, Sanjay Sharma, Praveen Jagind, and Shambhu Dayal.
In response to police, on Might 9-10, the gang duped a complainant of Rs 52.50 lakh by convincing him that his identification was getting used to ship a parcel overseas containing unlawful medication, passports, and bank cards.
The gang posed as officers from the Mumbai crime department and different companies, claiming to analyze cash laundering, police stated.
Their modus operandi included utilizing third-party financial institution accounts, making cellphone and WhatsApp calls, and sending faux IDs to persuade victims of their authority.
“The suspects would inform the account holders that their parcels containing unlawful objects had been caught by customs in Mumbai, and the investigation was confidential, deterring them from discussing it with anybody,” the police stated in a press release.
“The suspects then transferred the victims’ cash into fraudulent accounts, later cashing it out and splitting it amongst themselves. In addition they performed police sirens within the background and despatched faux IDs to make the ‘digital arrest’ appear actual,” police stated.
The accused, all hailing from varied elements of Rajasthan, had been concerned in crimes throughout completely different states, making it a widespread cybercrime community, they stated.
