• THE ACCUSED PERSONS USED TO DUPE THE VICTIMS BY OFFERING ARTICLES I.E. PENS, BELTS, BAGS ETC. ON DISCOUNT BY USING FAKE WEBSITES CREATED IN THE NAME OF LEADING COMPANY MONTBLANC SIMPLO GMBH. • 01 LAPTOP, 5MOBILE PHONES HAVE BEEN RECOVERED.
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IFSO, Special Cell, Delhi Police has busted a gang of cheats with the arrest of 04 persons from Mohali, Punjab. The accused persons used to dupe the victims by offering company’s articles i.e. Pens, Belts, Bags etc on discount basis by using fake websites created in the name of the company.
The Hon’ble High Court of Delhi had referred many matters of Trade Marks and Copy Rights violations pertaining to many leading firms/companies including Montblanc Simplo GMBH to IFSO Unit of Special Cell in which the imposters had created many fake websites of the company to dupe gullible customers by offering huge discounts on company’s articles i.e. Pens, Belts, Bags etc.
The complainant company, in CS (COMM) No. 732/2019 titled MONTBLANC-SIMPLO GMBH Versus MONTBLANCINDIA.COM & ORS alleged before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court that the defendants were selling fake products in the name of the plaintiffs i.e. MONTBLANC-SIMPLO GMBH by using some fake website and were collecting money from gullible persons by projecting that they were connected with the plaintiff.
It was also alleged that the defendant was using fraudulent websites viz. www.montblancindia.com etc. It was further alleged that through these fraudulent acts, the defendant duped and deceived members of the public to pay their hard-earned money to them. The matter was taken up for enquiry and after enquiry, a Case vide FIR No. 224/2022, U/S 419/420 IPC & 66-C/66-D IT Act was registered at PS Special Cell and investigation was taken up.(SUBHEAD)
During course of investigation, a team comprising Inspr. Suneel Siddhu, ASI Ajit Singh, HC Hari Kishan, HC Sombir, Ct. Yogender & Ct. Hukam under the supervision of ACP Jai Prakash was constituted to investigate it on priority. The team gathered technical information of the alleged websites/email Ids, bank details etc. and scrutinized it and on the basis of technical investigation, the team identified and arrested following 04 suspects:-
*Hardeep Harnal r/o Mohali, Punjab, Age 35 Years, *Himanshu Verma r/o Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, Age 27 Years, *Sharafat Ali r/o Ambala, Haryana, Age 29 Years and Sagar Bagga r/o Rohini, Delhi, Age 30 Years
Mr. Prashant Gautam, IPS, DCP/IFSO, Special Cell, Delhi, said, during course of further investigation, it came to notice that the alleged persons were using many fake websites i.e. www.montblancindia.com, www.montblancindia.co, www.montblanc.co, which are similar to that of the complainant’s website and were receiving hefty amount from the gullible victims in the name of providing the complainant company’s products.
Total 1 Laptop, 5 Mobile Phones, allegedly used by the accused persons in commission of offences, have been recovered. Further raids are being conducted to identify and arrest the accused persons in matters related to other firms also. Approximate cheated amount is more than Rs. 1 Crore.
