Fraudulent Call Center Discovered in Gurugram, 11 Individuals Taken into Custody
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Gurugram, Jan 9 (NationPress) A total of eleven individuals, comprising four women, were detained for swindling victims by claiming to offer herbal medicines for sexual health problems in Gurugram.
According to police reports released on Thursday, two laptops and four mobile phones utilized in various fraudulent activities were confiscated from the suspects.
Priyanshu Diwan, the Assistant Commissioner of Police for Cyber Crime in Gurugram district, announced that the call center was dismantled in Dundahera village on January 6.
Diwan stated that during the raid, authorities apprehended eleven individuals, identified as Amandeep, Ranjit Kumar, Mohamad Kasim, Pratush Kumar Mishra, Sushil Kumar, Brijesh Sharma, Anoop Kumar, Rashika Rana, Isha, Sonali Kannojia, and Megha.
The police department has initiated a criminal case under Sections 318, 319, and 612 of the BNS and 66D IT Act at the Cyber Crime (West) police station in Gurugram, leading to further investigations.
During the questioning of the suspects, it was revealed that Amandeep and Ranjit were the masterminds behind the call center and had hired the others.
According to the accused, they had set up a Facebook page titled 'The-Vedic Ayurvedic' under the name of Dr. Rajiv Dixit, promoting advertisements for herbal medicines aimed at enhancing sexual health. When potential customers called the numbers listed in the ads, they would take orders, have money transferred to various bank accounts, and send out counterfeit medicines.
In addition to this, they executed fraud by prompting victims to send money through QR codes or UPI IDs.
The fraudsters admitted to conducting these scams for approximately nine to ten months.
To facilitate their fraudulent activities, they received salaries ranging from Rs 18,000 to 20,000 monthly, plus bonuses for additional sales.
Ongoing investigations are focused on identifying the individuals behind this cyber fraud who employed the arrested suspects to deceive others.
