Delhi police have busted a gang of cheats who used to dupe people using a fraudulent loan app called 'Cash Advance' and arrested six people, said officials. The arrested persons were allegedly extorting money on the pretext of providing an instant loan, said the police.
Nigerian nationals and Chinese gangs are allegedly trapping innocent people on the pretext of offering money for performing easy tasks online or on the promise of lucrative returns by investing in cryptocurrencies, said a police officer.
According to the police, the travel agent fled with their cash and passports on the pretext of providing them with a travel package to Australia via Indonesia.
Officials said that the victim was informed that her parcel had been seized from FedEx, where 140 gm of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) was found apart from her passport, banking document, and shoes and that the parcel was booked on April 21 from Mumbai to Taiwan.
Manish Lachwani, 47, founded the company, HeadSpin, in 2015 and pleaded guilty in San Francisco federal court on Thursday for his scheme to dupe potential investors into supporting his company, according to a statement
The accused has been identified as Suresh Kumar (40), a resident of Pali, Rajasthan. He had duped Rs 5.2 lakhs from a famous jeweller in Bhopal by posing as the income tax officer. The police also recovered a mobile phone, SIM and Rs 1 lakh rupees cash from the accused.
"They induced the complainant to pay half of the money after depositing their money. They handed the packet of Rs 2 lakh and replaced his packet of Rs 50,000," police added.
Retired colonel Raghujit Singh has filed a complaint against the accused Amit Thakur and his associates alleging that the accused persons duped him of his retirement funds worth Rs 3 crores on the pretext of investment in various insurance policies, Special CP Crime Ravinder Yadav said.
Actor-director Deepak Tijori filed a case of cheating against producer Mohan Gopal Nadar at Amboli Police Station in Mumbai. The actor claimed in his FIR that he was duped of Rs 2.6 crores by the accused.