Cyber ​​fraud gang led by B Tech graduate busted, four arrested

Agra Four members of a gang (led by a person with a B Tech degree in computer science from a reputed university in south India), involved in a cyber fraud were arrested here on Friday. The arrest followed a complaint filed in August by a retired railway officer who had been misled ₹15 lakh by this gang who received the amount through RTGS while keeping the complainant under ‘digital arrest’.

Agra Deputy Commissioner of Police (City) Suraj Rai told a press conference that retired railway officer Naim Baig Mirza had filed a complaint on August 14, alleging that he had received a call from a man claiming to be a TRAI official. While keeping him under digital arrest, the man had him transferred ₹15 lakh through RTGS into a bank account.

“A case has been registered under section 318(4) (cheating a person fraudulently) and 319(2) (cheating by personification) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and section 66D (cheating by personification by using of computer resources) of the law on information technology in the context of cybercrime. Police station here. A team led by ACP Hariparvat investigated the crime,” the DCP said.

“After investigating the mobile number, bank details and their links, four people were arrested from Sikandra area on Thursday. The police recovered mobile phones, laptops and some documents, including fake appointment letters from them,” the DCP said.

“The arrested accused have been identified as Mohd Raja Rafiq of Bhilwara in Rajasthan, Mohd Danish of Baghpat district and Mohd Qadir also of Baghpat district, led by kingpin Mohd Suhail Akram of Karimganj, Assam,” he said. -he declared.

“Mohd Suhail Akram holds a B Tech degree from the reputed SRM University and has been involved in cyber frauds for the past six years. He started by cheating small account holders, probably in collusion with bank officials, and is now indulging in cyber frauds by impersonating officials of the police, TRAI, IB and other departments. The gang members threatened arrest in case the money was not paid,” said DCP Suraj Rai.

“The retired railway officer from Agra was informed that his name appeared in a case of money laundering and drug trafficking. The police team investigated the account in which ₹15 lakh was transferred by the retired railway officer and it was found that there was an influx of ₹2.70 crores per day in the account. The accused admitted to having won ₹6 crore in recent years due to cyber fraud,” he said.

The accused had their hideouts in Gurugram and Delhi and had also been arrested in the past. . The mastermind Suhail Akram has cases registered against him in Delhi police stations and is reportedly out on bail.