ACCUSED NABBED  FROM ACROSS DELHI NCR, MUMBAI, VARANASI AND BIHAR, USED TO DUPE THE VICTIMS BY OFFERING FRANCHISEE/DEALERSHIP BY USING FAKE WEBSITES/E-MAILS ID CREATED IN THE NAME OF LEADING FIRMS/COMPANIES LIKE SHINE.COM (HT MEDIA LTD), SHOPPERS STOP, DABUR INDIA LTD & INDIAMART, THREE  LAPTOPS, 20 MOBILE PHONES, SIM CARDS, ATM CARDS & CHEQUE BOOKS RECOVERED HAVE BEEN RECOVERED.

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IFSO Special Cell, Delhi Police has busted 3 gangs of imposter cheats with the arrest of 12 persons from across Delhi NCR/Mumbai/Varanasi/Bihar. The accused persons used to dupe the Victims by offering franchisee/dealership by using fake websites/E-mails Id created in the name of leading firms/companies like Shine.com (HT Media Ltd), Shoppers Stop, Dabur India ltd &Indiamart.

Recently, the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi had referred to IFSO Unit of Special Cell, many matters of Trade mark and Copy Rights violation pertaining to many leading firms including Shine.com (HT Media Ltd), Shoppers Stop, Dabur India ltd & Indiamart in which the imposters had created fake websites of these leading firms and accused persons used to dupe the Victims by offering franchisee/dealership etc by using fake websites/E-mails Id created in the name ofthese firms. 

HT Media (Sine.com) matter – 7 Arrested

The Complainant Company alleged that some unknown persons have created similar and confusing website namely www.learningshine.com, www.shine-02.com, www.webshinejob.com, www.shinerecruiter.com, www.shinecomplaints.com,www.resume-shine.com and email ids hr.shinerecruiter2@gmail.com & orscontaining domain name of the complainant’s company (www.shine.com) and calling the victims on behalf of the company and induced & impersonating the public on behalf of the Company and cheated the public by receiving their hard earned money.

The Complaint was taken up at IFSO, Special Cell and after enquiry a Case vide FIR No. 212/2022, U/S 419/420 IPC & 66-C/66-D IT Act was registered at PS Special Cell and investigation was taken up.

During the investigation, the team gathered technical information of the alleged websites/email Id, Bank details etc and scrutinized it and on the basis of technical investigation, the team identified and apprehended following 07 suspected personsnamely :-  ShammiAlam Khan R/o Delhi.  Atul Dixit R/o Delhi. Sardar Amit Singh R/oBihar. Monu Kumar @RajeevRanjan R/o Bihar. Sandeep Chaudhary R/o Bihar. Gopal Kumar @ SonuR/o Bihar.,Prem DuttR/o Delhi.

Shoppers stop Matter – 1 Arrested

The Complainant Company Shoppers Stop Limited alleged that the alleged persons are collecting monies from gullible persons by projecting that they are connected with the Plaintiffs and using a fakewebsite www.shopperstop.co.in.

By virtue of the said website, the alleged persons are impersonating and deceiving the public at large. Accordingly, a Case vide FIR No. 225/2022, U/S 419/420 IPC &66-C/66-D ITAct was registered and investigation was taken up.

During the investigation, the team gathered technical information of the alleged websites/email Id, Bank details etc and scrutinized it and on the basis of technical investigation, the team identified and arrested one Accused Person namely Priyansh Yadav from Varanasi, U.P.
Dabur india Matter – 2 Apprehended

The Complainant Company Dabar India Limited alleged that unknown alleged persons through various means domain names and websites, which were operating with the name DABUR such as www.daburdistributor.com, www.dapurfranchisee.in & https://daburdistributorships.in approached the public and lured them for offer of Distributorship of Dabur India Ltd.

Mr. Prashant Gautam, IPS, DCP/IFSO, said, during the investigation, the team gathered technical information of the alleged websites/email Id, Bank details etc and scrutinized it and on the basis of technical investigation, the team identified and bound down two accused persons namely Mrs. Kusum R/o Delhi and Ms. Neelam from Delhi.

The alleged persons collected the monies from vulnerable customers through the said websites.Through this fraudulent act, alleged persons duped and deceived members of the public into paying their hard earned monies to the alleged persons, who purport to be authorized representatives of the Complainant Company. Accordingly, a Case vide FIR No. 214/2022, U/S 419/420 IPC & 66-C/66-D IT Actwas registered and investigation was taken up.

Mr. Prashant Gautam, IPS, DCP/IFSO, said, during the investigation, the team gathered technical information of the alleged websites/email Id, Bank details etc and scrutinized it and on the basis of technical investigation, the team identified and bound down two accused persons namely Mrs. Kusum R/o Delhi and Ms. Neelam from Delhi.

Indiamart Matter – 2 Arrested

The Complainant Company India Mart Intermesh Ltd. alleged that the alleged persons through various means approached the innocent public by contacting them through e-mails phone calls, SMS text messages Whatsapp, etc. and claim to offer financial/job services provided by the Complainant. In order to lend credibility to their fraudulent activities, the alleged Persons share fake employee IDs and Approval Letters bearing the Complainant’s Marks with potential customers and thereby dupe the innocent public into believing that the alleged Persons have been authorized by the Complainant Company to offer their Franchisee jobs offer & Distributorship as well as other services. Accordingly, a Case FIR No. 296/22 U/S 419/420/468/471 IPC & 66-C/66-D IT Act was registered and the investigation was taken up.

During the investigation, the team gathered technical information of the alleged websites/email Id, Bank details etc and scrutinized it and on the basis of technical investigation, the team identified and arrested 2 Accused Persons from Mumbai namely:-

Mohammad Sami Shaikh @ Sameer R/o Maharashtra. SohaebAbdulwafa Siddiqui R/o Thane, Maharashtra.

A Total 3 Laptops, 20 mobile phones, SIM Cards, ATM Cards & Cheque Books have been recovered from their possession used in the offence.

The said operation was undertaken by Insp Suneel Siddhu, Inspr Bhanwar Singh, SI Sanjeev, SI Bijender Sangwan, ASI Devender, ASI Resham, HC Sandeep, HC Pankaj, HC Dinesh, HC Deepak, HC Vikram, W/HC Manju, Ct. Hukam& Ct. Satya under the close supervision of ACP Raman Lamba.

Further raids are being conducted to identify and arrest the accused persons in matters related to other firms also.