CHEATED SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE (ALMOST A THOUSAND), 8 LAPTOPS, 12 MOBILE PHONES, 110 PASSPORTS & MATERIAL USED IN CHEATING RECOVERED
(MOREPIC1) Face2News/New Delhi
A team of Cyber Cell, Crime Branch has arrested 07 accused persons named (1) Inamul Haque Ansari @ Rizwan Ali @ Ikram Ali @ Sameer Khan, R/o Darbhanga, currently Zakir Nagar, Delhi, Age-32 years, (2) Tabish Hasmi @ Vikrant Singh, R/o Darbhanga, currently Zakir Nagar, Delhi, Age-26 years, (3) Md. Tabrez Alam @ Tabrez, R/o Village – Alaf Ganj, Darbhanga, Bihar, Age-26 years, (4) Tarique Shamsh, R/o Jamia Nagar, Delhi, Age-26 years, (5) Ekram Muzaffar, R/o Zakir Nagar, Delhi, Age-19 years, (6) Shankar Kumar Shah @ Mahesh Kumar, R/o Khijrabad, Delhi, Age-28 years, (7) Somraj @ Som Nath Kumar, R/o Zakir Nagar, Delhi, Age-26 years.
They are involved in cheating and scamming with more than 900 victims by offering visas and jobs in Gulf countries by making calls and emails to innocent people on behalf of registered agents of reputed companies in Dubai. Most of these victims are hailing from Kerala.
The victims used to get phone calls and emails from the tele-calling facility of the fake companies (created by three criminals) such as M/s New Vision Enterprises Company. These companies claimed to be working on behalf of a registered agent of genuine companies in Gulf such as Acttell Construction LLC, Dubai, who deal in employment in Dubai and Gulf.
Agents of M/s New Vision Enterprises etc. companies conveyed to victims through phones and emails that they have been selected by the company for Gulf jobs based on their profile on Naukri.com/online platform, Work India app etc. For visa, they used to demand ₹ 59,000/- (₹ 1000/- for medical checkup, ₹ 3000/- for documentation and ₹ 55,000/- for consultancy charges). Complainants paid the said amount and thereafter, the cheats did not respond to victim’s phone calls as well as messages and after some time vacated the office without any intimation to the complainant & property owner. A case U/s 406/419/420/120-B IPC, PS Crime Branch, Delhi was registered at Cyber Cell, Crime Branch, Delhi
After registration of the case, a dedicated team led by Insp. Virender Singh comprising of SI Satwant Singh, ASI Pravesh Kumar Rathi, ASI Sanjay, ASI Jasbir Singh, ASI Harvinder Singh, HC Vipin Kumar, HC Anuj Kumar, HC Vinod, HC Anand Kumar, Ct Sachin and W/Ct Shikha under the close supervision of ACP Prabhat Kumar Sinha was constituted by DCP Ankit Singh to work upon the case.
During the course of investigation, the team collected all relevant data i.e. CDR, CAF, IPDR, recharge history, bank statement, IP Logs, Online-Wallets, GST. With the help of OSINT, some email addresses linked with mobile numbers were identified which were used by the fraudsters. Thereafter, data was obtained from Google, Youtube, Facebook, Telegram, online money wallets and other social media platforms to get more details.
After analyzing huge quantity and layers of data, a company “Life Long Travels”, was identified. On further analysis, the team finally zeroed in on the main conspirator Inamul Haque Ansari and located him in Zakir Nagar, Delhi.
To bust the racket, swift action was taken. A trap was laid at Zakir Nagar, Delhi and 07 accused persons named (1) Inamul Haque Ansari @ Rizwan Ali @ Ikram Ali @ Sameer Khan, (2) Tabish Hasmi @ Vikrant Singh, (3) Md. Tabrez Alam @ Tabrez, (4) Tarique Shamsh, (5) Ekram Muzaffar, (6) Shankar Kumar Shah @ Mahesh Kumar, (7) Somraj @ Som Nath Kumar were successfully nabbed.
INTERROGATION: During the course of interrogation, accused Inamul Haq Ansari disclosed that he was the mastermind of the racket. He lured local unemployed persons, created their fake identities, opened their bank accounts & created a fictitious overseas travel company in their name and made them sit in a front office hired by him. Thereafter, he advertised this on social media (Facebook, Instagram, etc.) about providing consultation for arranging work permits in Gulf countries, Malaysia, etc. and took around 60 thousand per person on the pretext of visa services, medical and visa fees. At the back-end at his residence, tele-callers used to call and lure the victims and told them to visit their office. Till now, he has cheated almost a thousand persons from different parts of the country, although most victims are from Kerala.
He kept changing his offices at various places:- New Vision Enterprises, Mahipal Pur, Delhi in the year 2022.. R V Enterprises, Dwarka, Delhi in the year 2023., Life Long Travel, Sectopr-3, Noida, UP in the year 2023., Affairs International at Keerti Nagar in the year 2021., Ilma Enterprises, Darbhanga, Bihar in the year 2020.,6. World Destination, Taimoor Nagar, Delhi in the year 2019, Sky Net Moti Nagar, Delhi 2018.
(SUBHEAD)Recovery: 1. 8 Laptops, 12 Mobile Phones, 3. 110 Passports, Bill Books and Letter Heads of different fake companies., Stamps of different running companies, 2 QR Code scanners for getting payment online., 11 Cheque Books and 2 Pass Books of different banks.
PREVIOUS INVOLVEMENT:
Inamul Haq Ansari is previously involved in case FIR No. 477/22, dated 11.08.2022, u/s 341/323/324/325/307/509/34 IPC, PS Mabbi O.P., Sadar, Darbhanga, Bihar.
PROFILE OF ACCUSED PERSONS:
1. Inamul Haq Ansari, 32 years, R/o Joga Bai Extn., Zakir Nagar, Delhi. Permanent Address: Vill. Shiv Dhara, Near Jama Masjid, Darbhanga, Bihar. He is a B. Tech drop from Kurukshetra University, Haryana. He is the mastermind of the racket. He is involved in this crime since last 6 years.
2. Tabish Hasmi @ Vikrant, 26 years, R/o Joga Bai Extn., Zakir Nagar, Delhi. Permanent Address: Mohalla Meer Ghayas Chak Near Millat College, Darbhanga, Bihar. He is a close associate of Inamul. He was working as a caller since last 03 years.
3. Md. Tabrez Alam @ Tabrez, 26 years, R/o Vill. Alaf Ganj, Mohalla – Shiv Dhara, Darbhanga, Bihar. He is salary based employee he was also a caller since last 03 years.
4. Tarique Shamsh, 26 years, R/o Shaheen Bagh, Okhla, Jamia Nagar, Delhi. Permanent Address: Vill. Fataha, Near New Masjid, Gopalganj, Siwan, Bhiar. He did his Diploma in Civil in 2018 from Chotu Ram Rural Institute of Technology, (CRRIT), Ghevra, Delhi and B. Tech (Civil) from Birla Institute of Technology, (BITS), Bhopal 2020-2023. Meanwhile, he came in touch with Inamul through Tabish and started working with him as a software supporter.
5. Ekram Muzaffar, 19 years, R/o Joga Bai Extn., Zakir Nagar, Delhi. Permanent Address: Vill. Shiv Dhara, Near Jama Masjid, Darbhanga, Bihar. He is the real brother of Inamul.
6. Mahesh Kumar, 28 years, R/o Khijrabad, Delhi. He represented himself as an owner of the company of Life Long Travel, Sector-3, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.
7. Som Nath Kumar, 26 years R/o Zakir Nagar, Delhi. Permanent Address: Vill. Jogmani, Distt. Araria, Bihar. He represented himself as an owner of the company of R.V. Enterprises, Dwarka, Delhi.
INVESTIGATION: Mr. Ravindra Singh Yadav, IPS, Special Commissioner of Police, Crime, said, from the investigation so far, it is revealed that the fraudsters got their fake companies registered at Naukri.com and other employment websites based upon the forged documents. Due to the trust posed in these employment websites, the victims got trapped in the advertisements posted by the cheats and paid them for visa and related expenses. The cheats also used website like Godaddy.com to advertise their proposals on various social media platforms i.e. Instagram, Facebook, etc. leading to trap of various victims. During further investigation, the management of these websites will be advised for strict check and balance in registration of such fake companies on their platforms.
Similarly, it came to notice that the cheats got prepared their pan cards and registered their companies with the Registrar of Companies based on Aadhaar cards issued on the basis of forged documents and fake stamps of school principals. UIDAI authorities will also be informed about the modus operandi for corrective measures in this regard.
The Protector of Emigrants will also be communicated about the modus operandi of this case with the request to create awareness for the overseas job aspirants.
