Bengaluru:
Twelve men have been arrested for cheating people online, to withdraw money from jobs with the promise of jobs. The investigation began after receiving a complaint from a local to the police, which claimed that he had been cheated and lost Rs 5 lakh.
The complainant said about a month ago, he received a phone text message from an unknown number, which offered him a job. It said that he had to complete home -working projects. The commission will be paid after a project is completed.
He registered on the stage as per the instructions and after completing the so -called project, received Rs 800. The men told them that to withdraw the balance of their payment, they had to register on another platform.
From the bit, he talked about transferring the man 5 lakh rupees to various bank accounts, taking him to a tune of Rs 10.8 lakh with money.
In the end, when he demanded another Rs 3,24,000, he became suspicious and reported the case to the police.
During his investigation, the police received KYC details from the Uttar Pradesh branch of the Federal Bank, where the money was transferred, and notices were issued to the account holders.
One of them asked for questioning and it was found that the account was opened on the instructions of a labor contractor in Mumbai, which had placed passbook, ATM card and SIM card.
Police found that the mastermind had opened several accounts under false names and paid Rs 1,500 as commission to each account holder. Overall, about 22 such accounts.
This was a well -employed work of a gang, concluding the police, after realizing that the network of accounts spread to many states.
One of the gang members arrested from Uttar Pradesh said that he received a commission of Rs 18,000 to 20,000 to provide an account of a nationalized bank and Rs 3,000 for the local bank account.
On 26 April, the police arrested 10 people from Varanasi, who accepted their participation.
From them, the police seized a special binder book and Rs 15,000 in cash with about 400 mobile SIM cards, 140 ATM cards, 17 check books, 27 mobile phones, 22 bank passbooks, income and expenditure records.
Overall, 12 people have been arrested and they are in Bengaluru.
