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Vizag cops arrest 4 for online fraud
The city police arrested four cyber criminals on charges of duping Vizagites to the tune of Rs 21 lakh in different cases of fraud.
Visakhapatnam: The city police arrested four cyber criminals on charges of duping Vizagites to the tune of Rs 21 lakh in different cases of fraud.
Addressing a press conference, DCP (Crimes) T Ravi Kumar Murthy on Wednesday said 36-year-old Kamlesh Phool Chand from Mumbai was arrested on charges of duping B V S Santosh Kumar Navik (23), a resident of Malkapuram area, of Rs 12.48 lakh in an online lottery fraud. Santosh Kumar received a call on January 23, 2013 saying that he had won an international lottery of Rs 40 lakh and was asked to deposit Rs 15 lakh to get the money.
Without any second thought, Kumar deposited Rs 12.48 lakh in 15 accounts to claim the cash prize but he didn’t receive any prize money.
The DCP said that Kamlesh Phool Chand was one of the many accused in the case and his role was limited to carrying out transactions to the tune of Rs 20,000 through his account and he had received Rs 5,000.
In another online lottery fraud, known as ‘Kaun Banega Karodpati’ lucky draw, Mohammad Sulthan Ansari (22) from West Bengal was arrested for duping local girl Senku Indraja (23), an MSc graduate to the tune of Rs 3 lakh. Ansari was brought to the city on transit warrant.
The DCP said that Indraja had
deposited Rs 3 lakh to claim prize money of Rs 25 lakh. In October, 2015, Prabir Chakravarthy was arrested in the same case and however investigation is on to nab few others in the case, DCP added.
In other two cases, police arrested Ajay Singh (23) from Noida cheated Pedagantyada area resident P Vidya Sagar (28) by promising him a job in a private telecom services company and had collected Rs 16,000.
The DCP said Nikhil Rajendra Navidia (23) from Plaghar area of Maharashtra plundered Rs 5 lakh from M Manivel (42), resident of PM Palem area.
Manivel received an e-mail with the government IT department seal on refund of Rs 19, 889. He had disclosed his debit card, mobile phone number and also One Time Passwords (OTP) to the fraudsters, who then made online transactions worth Rs 5 lakh from Manivel’s account. Though Rajendra was arrested in the case, other fraudsters are still at large, the DCP added.
