(MOREPIC1) Face2News/New Delhi
With the arrest of 02 cyber criminals the team of Cyber Police Station Outer North District has successfully busted a racket involved in cheating the general public on the pretext of charging courier fees and recovered 03 mobiles,01 laptop and other incriminating data.
A grievance was reported on Cyber Crime Reporting Portal vide acknowledgment No.30809230033756 Dated-09/09/2023 regarding financial fraud of Rs. 99,999 by Complainant by Lady Complainant R/o Bhalswa Dairy, Delhi. The complainant stated that she was defrauded of the amount of 99,999/- in the name of passport courier service. A case FIR 38/23 23/10/2023 U/S 420 IPC P.S Cyber/OND was registered at P.S Cyber/OND and the investigation was taken up.
Sensing the gravity of the offense, a team comprising SHO/PS Cyber Crime/Outer North District, Insp. Raman Kumar Singh, Inspector Devender, SI Vishal Choudhary, HC Sanjeet no. 330/OND, HC Manoj no. 323/OND, HC Jitender no. 2776/OND, HC Ishwar no. 2410/OND and HC Prakash no. 403/OND was constituted under the overall supervision of ACP/Operations Sh. Yash Pal Singh by undersigned.
During the investigation as per technical Surveillance, the accused/Suspect was traced in Bihar. During the investigation of the case CDR, Bank Account Statement, and KYC/AOF were received. As per records from Google, Hostinger & Technical Surveillance Avinash Kumar S/o Bhusan Singh R/o Vill- Sorhipur, Kochgawan, Distt.- Nawada, Bihar was arrested with 2 Smart Phones and 1 Passbook and Chequebook. The accused was served Notice U/s 41.1(A) Cr. P.C. after sufficient evidence and was arrested on 04/11/202.
(SUBHEAD)Thereafter, for further investigation and recoveries, 03 days police custody remand of the accused was obtained. During Investigation on 05/11/23 web Developer/Designer Satish Singh S/o Vijay Singh R/o B2- 504, Pramukh Destiny, Chharawada road, Vill- Chharawada, City- Vapi, Distt.- Valsad, Gujrat a Bachelor of Information Technology from Laxmi Institute of Technology and Expert in PHP i.e. Website back end Language) arrested with 01 Laptop and One Smart Phone. The accused was served Notice U/s 41.1(A) Cr. P.C. after sufficient evidence and on non-co-operation he was arrested on 05/11/2023. The disclosure statement of the accused person has been recorded; recoveries are effected as per the seizure memo.
MODUS OPERANDI: A syndicate is being run by cybercriminals. When a victim wants to know their courier status and searches on Google, they may submit basic details on a webpage. The details filled in by the victim on the web page are stored by the web developer.
In this module, Satish Singh allegedly designed fraudulent web pages where victims filled in their details, which were then stored in an email that was already attached to the website. Satish Singh then allegedly forwarded the details of victims to his associates, Avinash Kumar, and others, who maintained the fraudulent websites and emails.
Avinash and his associates allegedly called victims according to the data sent by Satish Singh and told them that they had to pay ₹5 to receive their passports or else delivery would be canceled. They then shared a weblink to pay through WhatsApp. When victims submitted their bank details on the weblink to pay ₹5, the fraudsters gained access to the victim's UPI ID and then transferred money to other accounts and withdrew money from ATMs at different locations.
KNOW THE ACCUSED: 1. Satish Singh R/o Pramukh Destiny, Chharawada road, Vill- Chharawada, City- Vapi, Distt.- Valsad, Gujrat. He has done B.I.T. from Laxmi Institute of Technology, Gujrat, and used to make fraudulent web pages. AND Avinash Kumar R/o vill- Sorhipur, Kochgawan, Distt.- Nawada, Bihar Age-23 years Education- 9th from National High School, Warsaliganj, Nawada, Bihar.
RECOVERY: 3 mobile phones with 3 SIM cards, 1 checkbook, 1 Passbook, 1 Laptop, 2 Bank Accounts used in the offence got debit freeze.
