Delhi Police busts cyber cheating syndicate
- last year
Busting the syndicate of cyber fraudsters, Special Cell of Delhi police arrested four accused. The accused were identified as Mehtab Alam, Sartaj Khan, Mohammad Junaid and Deen Mohammad.
All accused were involved in cheating gullible insurance policyholders in the name of the Ministry of Finance.
The accused used to call insurance policyholders by impersonating officials from IRDA, RBI, and Ministry of Finance.
They lured them on the pretext of providing maturity amounts for their lapsed policies. Furthermore, they used to send forged cheques and ask for various charges such as processing charges, NOC charges and fund-releasing charges.
The police team received a complaint regarding financial fraud from a victim who was cheated for Rs 1, 27,000 lakh on the pretext of a sanctioned amount against his lapsed insurance policy.
In view of this, police registered a case and investigation began. During the investigation, with the help of technical surveillance, the Police team zeroed down the location of kingpin of syndicate Mehtab Alam and apprehended him from Mustafabad area in Delhi.
Later, the police team arrested his three associates. Police recovered seven mobile phones, one laptop from their possession.
All accused were involved in cheating gullible insurance policyholders in the name of the Ministry of Finance.
The accused used to call insurance policyholders by impersonating officials from IRDA, RBI, and Ministry of Finance.
They lured them on the pretext of providing maturity amounts for their lapsed policies. Furthermore, they used to send forged cheques and ask for various charges such as processing charges, NOC charges and fund-releasing charges.
The police team received a complaint regarding financial fraud from a victim who was cheated for Rs 1, 27,000 lakh on the pretext of a sanctioned amount against his lapsed insurance policy.
In view of this, police registered a case and investigation began. During the investigation, with the help of technical surveillance, the Police team zeroed down the location of kingpin of syndicate Mehtab Alam and apprehended him from Mustafabad area in Delhi.
Later, the police team arrested his three associates. Police recovered seven mobile phones, one laptop from their possession.