Delhi Police have arrested fraudsters posing as government officials from Bengaluru and Kolkata, who defrauded Rs 15 lakhs from a doctor in the name of a digital arrest, according to a statement on Saturday.
A Delhi court has granted interim anticipatory bail to the accused of impersonating an official from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), Anurag Thakur, and allegedly defrauding a complainant of Rs 16 lakh by promising discounted iPhones and electronics.
Police arrested a man for cheating a jewellery shop owner in Jayanagar. The accused took gold bars worth Rs 2.5 crore to make ornaments but did not return them. Police recovered 3.16 kg of gold ornaments and Rs 8.53 lakh in cash from him.
Delhi Police arrested 24-year-old Malya Das from West Medinipur for defrauding seniors by posing as a telecom representative. He siphoned Rs 1,51,700, which was funnelled through his HDFC account for online gaming.
The raids are underway since morning at nine places in Delhi and NCR and one in Punjab's Ludhiana in the case which was taken by the ED on the basis of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR of bank fraud.
A case was registered on June 9 against the accused private individual and unknown others on allegations that the two accused residents of Solapur and Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, were involved in defrauding NEET candidates and their parents by falsely claiming to have connections with fictitio
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police has arrested a man for allegedly defrauding devotees of a spiritual congregation by luring them into investing in fake Dubai-based schemes with the promise of high returns.
The accused have been identified as Prashant Agarwal, Director of HPPL Foundation and a resident of Bengaluru, and Sudhanshu Kumar Rakesh, a Chartered Accountant and partner at Tripurari & Associates from Nalanda, Bihar.
A man from Southwest Delhi was defrauded of Rs 6.3 crore after falling prey to a fake share trading scam, Delhi Police said. The case has been registered with the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit, and an investigation is currently underway.
The Delhi Police's Special Cell has registered an FIR in a cyber fraud case where a Delhi-based businessman was allegedly defrauded of over Rs 4.04 crore by an operator of a fraudulent WhatsApp group named "A5 Wealth Freedom" under the guise of stock market investment schemes.
Cyber Crime Cell of South West Delhi Police has busted a high-tech scam involving a chilling new form of cybercrime Digital Arrest, where criminals impersonated government agencies, held a retired officer under virtual custody for three days, and defrauded him of Rs 48.5 lakhs.