Six men have been arrested from Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra for their involvement in a scam where they posed as customs and police officials. The group allegedly duped people out of lakhs of rupees by claiming that their Aadhaar cards were being used in illegal activities, according to Delhi Police on Sunday.
A total of 72 cases have been registered against the accused on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal, the police revealed.
Police investigations found that one of the accused had Rs32,065,003 credited to his account. The men were working on behalf of Chinese nationals, using their own bank accounts to facilitate transactions and earn a commission, the police said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) (East), Apoorva Gupta, identified the arrested men as Ansh Kumar (24) and Samarth (23) from Rohtak (Haryana), Pranjal Kumar Sahni (24) from Balia (Uttar Pradesh), Satender Dhaker (29) from Morena (Madhya Pradesh), Vedant Prabhakar (26) from Panvel (Maharashtra), and Vishal Joshi (25) from Kirari (Delhi).
The scam was uncovered after a complaint was filed on April 30 by Deepanshu Vaid, a resident of Vasundhara Enclave. Vaid reported receiving a call from someone posing as a FedEx Express employee in Mumbai. The caller claimed that a parcel had been booked using Vaid’s Aadhaar card and phone number, containing passports, bank cards, clothes, a laptop, cash, and drugs. The call was transferred to the Mumbai Cyber Police, and the caller persuaded Vaid to pay Rs2.49 lakh to avoid legal complications.
Following the complaint, the Delhi Police registered a cheating case and launched an investigation, leading to the arrest of the six accused individuals.
