India, Dec. 20 -- The police have arrested four people for allegedly cheating around 180 people by promising them jobs abroad, mostly in Russia, and defrauding them of crores of rupees. From one of the accused, police also recovered nearly 180 passports belonging to the victims.

According to the Samta Nagar police the victims, many from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan and Delhi, were allegedly duped through a fake recruitment firm operating in Kandivali East. The police said the accused ran a bogus company named 'Star Man Power' from an office in Dimple Arcade at Thakur Complex. They placed advertisements on social media platforms, including Facebook, offering skilled and semi-skilled jobs abroad in countries including Russia, South Afri...