Haryana: 11 youth earned Rs 70 crore in one go by taking training abroad; Now in police custody
11 accused, including the handler of a Chinese gang who earned crores of rupees by defrauding Indians based in China, have been arrested. Palwal police recovered 4 luxury vehicles and 400 mobile SIMs, 31 mobiles, 5 ATM cards, eight check books and Rs 9 lakh in cash from the possession of the accused. Till now the accused have defrauded the entire country to the tune of Rs 70 crore.
DSP Vishal Kumar of Palwal Police said that on October 23, Anil, a resident of New Colony Palwal, had lodged a complaint that after posing as a CBI officer, he was threatened with money laundering. During this period he was kept under digital arrest for 72 hours. Also, on the pretext of investigation, Rs 88 lakh was transferred from his account. After receiving the complaint, Palwal police started investigation. As the Palwal Police was moving forward in this case, its links kept spreading across the country. Now during the investigation, Palwal police arrested 11 accused from different places. During investigation it was found that all these people work for a Chinese gang.
The mastermind of this gang was sitting in China and running the racket through his handlers. Sitting in China, the money of the people of India was being looted by the people of India themselves. Not only this, investigation has also revealed that Chinese citizens used to cheat Indian citizens from India and send them to Cambodia on the pretext of getting them jobs and here they were given training in cheating. Investigation has revealed that 100 such complaints and cases have been registered on the NCR portal in different states across the country. Of the 11 arrested accused, four have been sent to jail, while the police remand of seven accused continues. Police say that the investigation of the case is continuing and there are possibilities of more people being involved in it.
These people used to get orders from China to commit fraud. After this, through phone calls, posing as fake CBI officers or GST officers, the victim was threatened with jail and by showing fear, money was transferred from the account. The money transferred from the victim’s account was also fake and was opened only for fraud. This entire operation was covered through handlers sitting in India. After this, this money was withdrawn in many countries like Cambodia, Vietnam. The police is now investigating all the phones, SIM cards and accounts.
