One person was arrested for duping people on the pretext of sanctioning loans after a team of Cyber Crime CID officials conducted a raid at Behala in Kolkata on Thursday.
Delhi police arrested a man for swindling numerous people by pretending to be a woman online. The fraudster duped a person to the tune of lakhs by providing online services.
The Cyber Crime Division of the Punjab Police has busted two fake Call Centres running in Mohali and arrested 155 employees of these centres for making fraudulent calls to people living in US and duping them, said Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav here on Friday.
The accused who have been arrested were identified as Gorla Hemachandra Rao (34), Kunnuku Hemanthkumar (29), M Subbareddy (28), Danala Srinivas (34) and Janna Sunil (27), all the residents of Vizianagaram, Assistant Commissioner of Police of Pothinamallayya Palem Sunil said.
The Enforcement Directorate filed a prosecution complaint under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against five individuals and three firms in an alleged case of duping people by taking money on pretext of high returns.
Seven members of a gang of fraudsters were arrested by Delhi Police for cheating gullible victims on the pretext of helping them in the release of maturity amount of insurance policies on Tuesday. They had cheated approx Rs 6 cores from 10 victims.
Jaipur Police arrested three people for duping foreign tourists on Friday. Commissioner Biju George Joseph said that after the information about fraud with foreign tourists was received, the accused have been arrested.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth approximately Rs 1.26 crore linked to Dehradun-based A to Z Solutions, which is accused of duping foreign customers by providing fake online support services.
According to Delhi police, "The 4 scammers were arrested after raids were conducted in Delhi, Gujarat and Punjab by the Cyber Police, Outer North District."