F'bad cops nab six for running fake call centre in west Delhi
Gurugram, Dec. 22 -- Six people accused of running a fake call centre in west Delhi's Moti Nagar were arrested during a raid by Faridabad police on Friday, officials said on Sunday. The accused were operating a fraudulent customer service setup used to threaten people with credit card deductions.
A team from the Ballabhgarh Cybercrime police station tracked the centre and arrested five women along with the operator. The action followed a complaint by a Faridabad resident. "Based on a complaint... an FIR was registered against unidentified suspects on October 27 this year for posing as a representative of the State Bank of India's credit card department who demanded that the complainant subscribe to a mandatory credit card service, or else money would be deducted," a senior police official said.
Preliminary investigation revealed the accused sent fraudulent links to syphon money. At least Rs.20,000 was stolen.
Faridabad police's spokesperson Yashpal Yadav stated the operator, Anup Dhandwal, 40, from Meerut, revealed he paid Rs.20,000 in salaries plus incentives to four trained women.
Those arrested included team leader Yogeshwari, 25; HR head Vijaya, 23; and callers Sohin, 21, Shashi, 47, and Minakshi, 24. "The accused are booked under Section 318(4) (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita," Yadav said. Dhandwal and Yogeshwari were remanded for one day. Twelve SIM cards and three phones were recovered, revealing three more fraud cases in Faridabad....
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