Last Updated on 24/07/2024 by wccexam Desk
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal has successfully busted one of the biggest cyber fraud gangs in India. This gang is allegedly involved in several scams worth thousands of crores of rupees. It started spreading its empire from Uttar Pradesh to Delhi and Haryana in the last 5 years. They cheated people of their money through social media platforms.
Two masterminds of the gang have been arrested by the West Bengal CID from Delhi and Haryana. After being produced in court on Tuesday, both have been sent to 12 days of CID custody.
Plan to cheat by creating a group on social media
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CID sources claim that the accused gang was active on several social media messenger platforms like Whatsapp, Telegram and Facebook Messenger. They would target a group of social media addicts and create groups on those platforms and then dupe them of money.
CID sources told India Today, “The targeted social media users were added to several groups and lured to make a lot of money in a short time by investing in crypto. A big gang was working together to dupe each user. First, they would add people to the group who were interested in investigating to earn more money.”
Fake messages to engage people
Another CID official told India Today, “The big game begins after adding members to the social media group. Everything goes according to the script. Firstly, the admin in the group gives various investment plans and some of the already added members of the same group reply to the admin to continue the conversation about the investment and some other members of the group share their experiences and thank the admin for removing the newly added members.”
He further said that some selected members openly write that they have recently received the promised profit to attract new members. All these people belong to the same gang, who work together. Once the interested members invest in cryptocurrency, this money goes abroad. It is very difficult to invest money through cryptocurrency, so the scammers have chosen this method.
Fake companies to siphon off money
Sources also claim that several fake companies were created to siphon off the scam money. The fraudulently looted money was invested in several fake companies opened by the scamsters through fake documents.
A cyber fraud complaint of Rs 43 lakh was registered at the Chandannagar Cyber Police Station, which was handed over to the West Bengal CID for further investigation. During the investigation, the Cyber Police Station of the West Bengal Criminal Investigation Department identified a shell company in which the scam money was invested. On checking the bank details of that particular shell company, it was found that thousands of crores of rupees were transferred to several accounts of another shell company.
Thousands of crores of rupees scam
During the investigation, the West Bengal CID identified two directors of these fake companies and arrested them in a raid. CID sources claim that Manush Kumar from Haryana and Satyendra Mahato from Delhi have been arrested by the Bengal CID from their hideouts. Two of them were taken to West Bengal on transit remand. A senior official told India Today that this is a scam of Rs 1,000 crore and whatever we have found so far is just a glimpse. Investigation is going on in the case.