Accused used mobile numbers & Bank Accounts procured on the basis of fake addresses, They targeted senior citizens.They used to procure Bank account details of the victims on pretext of getting deposited their bonus in victim's Account. Thereafter, they used to change credentials of the bank account through net banking for their own usages.The accused used to change their name for calling purposes and hide out their real identity.
New Delhi (Face2News)
The staff of PS Greater Kailash, South District has done commendable work by arresting a cyber cheat namely Virender Sahni who duped innocent senior citizens on the pretext of providing huge bonus on maturity of insurance policies in a case FIR No. 000194/22 u/s 379/419/420 IPC and 66-D IT Act PS Greater Kailash. Upon his instance, 01 luxury car, Diamond jewellery approximately Rs. 15 Lacs, Investment of approximately Rs. 25 Lacs in shares, approximately Rs. 2.5 Lacs deposited in bank Account, 04 ATMs, 01 Mac book & 01 I-phone pro max 13 have been recovered.
On 27.06.22, a senior citizen (retired professor), aged 82 years R/o Pamposh Enclave, Greater Kailash reported at PS Greater Kailash that a person contacted him telephonically in 2019 who impersonated himself as Sandeep Tyagi, DGM, RBI, Lucknow and lured him that his insurance policies have been taken up for maturity and he will get a total amount Rs. 90 Lakh in return. He further asked to pay Rs 1.5 Lakh as processing file charges etc..
Hence, the complainant had transferred the amount in the account of the alleged person. Thereafter, he kept on asking for more money on one pretext or the other (in the of bonus, fixed returns, maturity returns, health insurance of whole family etc..) and thus an amount approx. Rs.90 Lakh was taken away by him. After that, when the complainant sensed that he was cheated, he reported the matter. Hence, on the statement of the complainant, a case vide FIR No. 000194/22 u/s 379/419/420 IPC & 66-D IT Act was registered in PS Greater Kailash and investigation was taken up.
TEAM, INVESTIGATION & ARREST:-
Keeping in view the sensitivity of the case, a team comprising of SI Anil, HC Lalit, HC Surender, HC Sandeep and Ct Nikunj led by Inspr Ajit Kumar SHO/Greater Kailash under overall supervision of Shri Manu Himanshu, ACP/C.R. Park was formed to investigate the case and arrest the accused person involved in the above crime.
During the course of investigation, the team started working relentlessly on various angles. The complainant was enquired thoroughly to get more details. Further, details of the accused person were collected i.e. mobile number and account number in which the money was transferred by the complainant. On checking the CAFs of mobile number, the address was found fake and the documents used in opening the Bank account were also found on fake address.
However, the team continuously analysed the available Bank Account statement at length and records, transactions, CDRs and IPDRs of mobile numbers. The team collected all the CCTV footage of several ATMs where the money was withdrew and thoroughly analysed it. The team started working on each and every aspects of the case.
Hence, all possible technical details about alleged persons were obtained and sources were deployed to track them. The efforts of the team bore fruits when the accused was identified. Through surveillance and technical analysis, the location of the accused was zeroed down. On 18.07.2022, a raid was conducted and the accused was apprehended who was later on identified as Virender Sahni. He confessed to the above crime and upon his instance, the below mentioned recovery was made.
PROFILE OF ACCUSED ARRESTED:-
Virender Sahni S/o Heeranath Sahni R/o Masjid Moth, Greater Kailash, Delhi. Age 32 years. He is a permanent native of V.P.O. Sangrampur, PS Khajni, District Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. He has studied upto 12th standard. He is very notorious and sharp cyber fraudster. He has vast knowledge of funds transfer through online banking and wallet as well as how to drain out cheated amount without any trail. He has good skill of fraudsters’ social engineering. He enjoys luxury life and prefer to reside in Posh colonies.
INTERROGATION : During the course of interrogation, the accused Virender Sahni disclosed that he came to Delhi in 2008 and started working as a SIM card seller of Reliance Mobile. Thereafter, he joined Net Ambit (a data collection agency for various Insurance companies) where he started working in its Calling Centre. At Net Ambit, he learnt calling skills and how to gather personal information of a person including his various insurance policies and investments. In 2014, he left Net Ambit and joined another same job profile in India Infoline.
In 2015, he along with his 02-03 office colleagues started own work of calling clients, collecting their insurance as well as saving details and making their profile files for cheating. For this purpose, at first they collected data from Net Ambit and India Infotech.
They used to procure mobile SIMs activated on the basis of fake addresses as well as Bank accounts opened on the basis of fake addresses for calling and to drawn-out cheated amount. They first started operating from a mini office situated at Laxmi Nagar, Delhi area. Sometimes, they used to procure bank account kits of their own victims on pretext of getting deposited their bonus in victim's self account. Once, they got account kits, they used to change its PIN and mobile number through online Net banking by getting OTPs details from their clients.
He further stated that in 2016, there were disputes between his partners and he separated his work and started working alone. He also contacted a person namely Desi Razu Sundra Shiva Rao, aged 72 years from Bengaluru (business man) from whom he had earlier cheated to the tune of Rs 50 lacs in a similar fashion and when Desi Razu asked for his money the alleged procured all his bank details and even got his own mobile number linked to his account as he took his ATM card also. Thereafter, he contacted one Inderbadan Zaved Bhai Patel from Vadodara Gujrat to whom he cheated approx. a tune of Rs. 20 lacs. After that, he cheated a Retired professor (the complainant in instant case).
MODUS OPERANDI
The alleged after alluring the elderly aged persons used to gather information regarding their insurance policies and savings. Thereafter, they used to lure for 10 to 20 times maturity/bonus benefits on total savings of their targeted victims. When they gained over faith of their targeted victims they asked them to deposit initially a complex figure amount in different figures such as Rs. 1,76,524/- as process file so that their demand could reflect genuine demand.
RECOVERY :-1 luxury car., Diamond jewellery approximately Rs. 15 Lacs., Investment of approximately Rs.25 Lacs in shares., ATM Card of Desi Razu. Amount approximately Rs. 2.5 Lacs deposited in Bank Account. 04 Bank ATMs. 1 Apple Mac book. I-phone 13.The staff involved in good work is being suitably rewarded.
