Thursday | Jun 26 2025 | 04:46:00 PM
New Delhi, June 3
The Delhi Police Crime Branch has dismantled cybercrime syndicate allegedly for sextortion, banking fraud, and cyber scams.
The accused have been identified as Ujjawal Pandey, 30, Gaurav Barua, 24, and Yug Sharma, 19.
The operation resulted in the seizure of 28 mobile phones, 30 SIM cards, two laptops, eight cheque books, 15 debit cards, and several bank account credentials used for illegal financial transactions, the police stated. Videos and photographs used to blackmail victims were also recovered, and a money trail amounting to over Rs 5 crore has been identified, officials added.
According to the crime branch, the operation was initiated on May 24 following a tip-off regarding the movement of a suspicious consignment containing synthetic bank account kits in the New Ashok Nagar area. The kits were to be delivered and distributed near the vicinity of Mayur Vihar Phase-1 Extension. These kits enabled fraudsters to bypass KYC norms and execute untraceable financial operations, the police added.
The police informed that based on inputs from those arrested led to a raid in the Mundka area where a fake call centre was masquerading as a bank loan provider. Police arrested seven more people there.
DCP Gautam added that one Dilshad Ali ran the centre along with his associate, Amit, who is currently absconding. The call centre’s modus operandi involved luring victims with attractive loan offers, collecting their identification details, and then extorting money under the guise of processing fees before cutting all contact, the police said.
Following the interrogation of the arrested accused, another raid was conducted in New Ashok Nagar, resulting in the arrest of four more accused and the exposure of a well-organised sextortion racket.
