If you are also thinking of earning huge profits through the share market, then this news is going to alert you. The police have arrested three accused who committed fraud inspired by the web series Money Heist. Cyber criminals have defrauded people of more than Rs 150 crore by creating secret groups on social media. Although the real names of the accused are Arpit, Prabhat and Abbas, but in the eyes of the world they presented themselves as Professor, Freddy and Amanda of the web series Money Heist.
The accused decided to choose the dishonest path in order to earn quick money. Initially, he trapped some Chinese citizens and created a group on WhatsApp called High Return Investment. In the greed of high returns, people invested heavily in the stock market, but when it came time to withdraw the money, their accounts were blocked. According to the police, these people have cheated more than 300 people across the country online.
People trapped on the pretext of giving stock market tips
Police investigation revealed that Arpit had named himself Professor in the secret group, who is a lawyer by profession. Prabhat Vajpayee has studied MCA. Abbas used to provide SIM cards along with bank accounts. During investigation, the police also found out that these same people had carried out the digital arrest of Rs 23 crore in the country. According to a complaint, the swindlers, posing as representatives of a famous financial company, had defrauded a person of Rs 21.77 lakh. As soon as the victim lodged a complaint with the cyber police regarding the matter, the investigation team immediately started technical analysis. Through bank transactions, call details and IP logs, the police traced the location of the thugs to Noida, Uttar Pradesh and Guwahati, after which the police came to know about the cyber fraud of Rs 150 crore.
Police raided
After the arrest, police conducted raids in Noida and Siliguri. Police recovered a huge amount of digital evidence, which included 11 mobile phones, 17 SIM cards, 12 bank passbooks/cheque books, 32 debit cards and screenshots of many WhatsApp chats and online transactions. According to the police, the accused used to work through secret WhatsApp groups named Secure the Game and Pintoss. To escape from the police, the accused used to use luxurious hotels, from where they used to carry out the entire cyber crime game through mobile phones.
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