India, Sept. 15 -- The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested three men for allegedly posing as consultants and senior officials of a multinational visa and passport services company and cheating dozens of job seekers in the name of helping them get visas and employment letters abroad.

Police identified the accused as Deepak Pandey, 33; Yash Singh, 23; and Wasim Akram, 25, all residents of Dakshinpuri. They allegedly ran the scam for over a year, opening an office in south Delhi's Zamrudpur, creating a website using the company's global logo, and even using a US-based WhatsApp number to appear credible. In the process, they allegedly siphoned off lakhs of rupees from the victims.

Vikram Singh, DCP (Crime), said the racket came to light ...