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New Delhi, May 17
The Delhi Police IFSO busted a cybercrime case where an advocate and a property dealer from Goyla Khurd in Dwarka was duped in an investment scam and accused usurped over Rs. 64 lakhs from his account.
IFSO arrested two men, busting a module of cyber frauds linked with Chinese groups, duping people in the name of online trading.
The police have identified two scamsters as Abdul Barik and Kewin alias Vaddoriya Kewin Mukeshbhai. While Abdul was held from Dwarka, Kewin was arrested from Ghaziabad.
As per the case details, he got a call on February 28 from an employee of a company, promising lucrative stock market returns on investments. A woman who called herself Tanvi, an employee of the company, told Ashok that he could earn overwhelming returns in online trading and install a Demat app using a link she sent on WhatsApp. He was given a wallet on the app with an ID and password to deposit the money.
He first deposited Rs 50,000 in the wallet. A day later, Rs 60,000 were credited in the wallet. This gained his confidence and he decided to continue. He was then asked to start transferring money to multiple bank accounts to get timely profits in his wallet. Ashok transferred Rs 64.75 lakh in five bank accounts, with the largest transaction of Rs 32 lakh being made on March 27 in a bank account opened in the name of a company.
Tanvi then asked Ashok to make a final deposit of Rs 57 lakh, which she said was the tax that needed to be paid for his “winnings” in the online trade. Since he had used all his davings, he couldn't may pay. Tanvi then told Ashok that the tax was a necessity if he ever wanted to access the wallet.
DCP (IFSO) Hemant Tiwari stated that following Ashok's complaint with the cybercell, instigators carried out a detailed analysis of the account statements revealed that the defrauded amount had been transferred into five bank accounts and subsequently transferred in numerous other accounts.Kewin used to allegedly sell the account details of people like Abdul to Chinese fraudsters. He is accused of procuring and selling bank accounts on commission, which were then used for laundering funds from scams.
He added, “Kewin was part of several Chinese Telegram groups. When he got Abdul’s account details, he put them on the group. Some translators translated his message into Chinese, after which the fraudsters contacted Abdul via a man named Akash Joshi. Kewin was paid in USDT, credited to his wallet, by the Chinese. Abdul’s fees were also transferred to Akash Joshi in USDT, who converted it into cash to pay Abdul'.
