Delhi police has arrested four people while exposing a big work-from-home scam. These accused are accused of defrauding a person of more than Rs 17 lakh. This gang used to trap people through social media by luring them with attractive online job offers and then entangled them in cryptocurrency related fraud.
How was it exposed?
According to the police, on May 27, a young man had lodged a complaint that he was offered to earn money in exchange for reviewing a website. Initially, he got Rs 50 for every review, which made him think that this scheme is real. But then he was asked to do prepaid crypto transactions by luring him with more earnings. Gradually, the fraudsters deposited more money from him on many pretexts and defrauded a total of Rs 17.49 lakh.
Who are the accused?
The arrested people have been identified as Ankur Mishra (22), Krathrath (21), vishwas Sharma (32) and Ketan Mishra (18). police investigation revealed that Rs 5 lakh was transferred from the complainant's account to a private bank account in the name of Ankur Mishra. He was identified on the basis of bank and CCTV footage.
Where was this gang spread?
Technical investigation revealed that this fraud network was not limited to Delhi, but was also active in cities like Lucknow, Agra, bhopal and Shivpuri. The four accused were arrested after police raids at all these places.
How did they do money laundering?
According to DCP amit Goyal, this gang used to move money through several bank accounts so that it could not be traced. Finally, this amount was converted into cryptocurrency like USDT (Tether) to avoid the eyes of banks and investigating agencies. At present, the police is busy finding other members of the gang and the location of the money.
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