The North District Cyber Cell recently arrested two individuals, Balwant Saini (25) and Randhir Nehra (32), both from Rajasthan, for allegedly defrauding victims by promising work-from-home jobs and high investment returns.
A 43-year-old resident of North Delhi filed a complaint stating that he was added to a Telegram group offering paid restaurant ratings. The victim was then asked for a pre-payment of Rs 84,400 via UPI, with a promise of high profits. However, no returns were received, prompting a cyber fraud complaint.
Police tracked the money through the bank accounts linked with the UPI ID and identified the accused’s locations. Saini was arrested first after the amount was found deposited in his account. He revealed that the account was opened by Nehra, who introduced him to the scam involving opening bank accounts using Saini’s IDs for Rs 2,000 per deposit. Nehra was also apprehended soon after.
DCP (North) Raja Banthia stated that investigations are ongoing to identify additional victims and dismantle the network.
