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Cyber Police Station reported to have arrested one more accused from New Delhi in connection with Instant Loan APP. So far 34 accused has been arrested so far.
In this regard FIR No. 33 dated 03.09.2022 U/S 384, 468, 471, 420, 509, 120B IPC PS- Cyber Crime, Chandigarh and FIR No. 28 dated 30.08.2022 U/S 384, 419, 420, 120B IPC PS- Cyber Crime, Chandigarh, are registered regarding the instant loan applications scam.
In the instant loan app scam general people install the loan application to take small amount loan and during the installation app seeks the access of the contacts, gallery of victim and after that the scammers morph the picture available in gallery of victim and use them to extort the victim in the name of recovery.
Due to this around 60 persons have committed suicide all over India and people also hesitate to lodge the complaint as the scammers morphed the pictures of their family and threat to viral the same on social media.
During the course of investigation of instant loan app scam, total 33 accused were arrested earlier. Huge money laundering to the tune of Rs 400cr by a web of transactions through mule accounts of various shell companies, bogus political parties and trusts had been revealed. Arrested persons included students, tax consultant/ advocate, directors of Shell Companies/ firms, Hawala Karobari, property dealer including one Foreigner Chinese National.
One more Chinese national had been identified to be involved in the scam. Proceedings to issue Red corner notice against him are in progress. Charges in the case against accused persons have already been framed and trial is in progress in the court.
During further investigation of the said case, 1 more person who was irectly in touch with the kingpin Chinese & helped him escape through Nepal route has been arrested.(SUBHEAD)
FRESH ARREST: Bharat Kumar Lakhmani S/o Nirmal Kumar Lakhmani, H.no 6/21 Ground Floor, Near Hotel C Park, Karol Bagh, New Delhi, Age 41 Years arrested. It has been revealed that he worked in China from 2006 to 2011. After that he came in India and in year 2016, he started business of mobile accessories in partnership with Chinese nationals in Delhi. He met Stark in year 2022 through his Chinese friend namely Yao. He rented out a flat on his name in Gurgaon, Haryana and accommodated there with Stark.
He knew that Stark is a Chinese National and he is having fake passport of Nepal. After that, they incorporated a shell company Alpha Genetech Pvt. Ltd. which is registered for digital marketing and online dating applications and Bharat Kumar, alongwith his wife, became its directors. In June 2022, he introduced Ashish Jain, Daksh Partap Singh (Who are known to him before and earlier arrested in above said cases), Ayush Agarwal with Stark, Chinese National to convert the Indian Rupees into USDT.
Meeting was conducted at CP Delhi and distribution of commission amount amongst them was decided. After that he alongw ith Ashish Jain, Daksh Partap Singh and Ayush Agarwal started to convert cheated Indian money (after web of transactions through accounts of shell companies) into USDT and send the same to Stark, Chinese National. In July 2022 when they got suspicious as Indian Police started to arrest Chinese people who are residing illegally in India and running instant loan app scam, he dropped Stark at Nepal border to run away from India. Stark is operating the online loan application scam from China and these people send him huge cheated amount through USDT by using different crypto wallets.
RECOVERIES: Earlier Total Rs. 17.31 lakhs alleged cheated money recovered from the arrestee persons and amount approx 60 lacks have been hold in bank accounts and 20 bank accounts also got freeze. I4C (Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre), MHA Linkages: Data of arrested persons was shared with I4C(Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre), MHA for analysis and after analysis it is found that 1578 complaints and 89 FIR’s registered against the arrested persons in all over India.
Now Chandigarh Police after the arrest of 34 accused in instant loan scam, people who are victims are encouraged to lodge the complaint regarding the loan application scam.
