Noida Police bust fake job call centre ring, 5 arrested
Noida, Nov. 26 -- The Noida Police on Monday arrested three suspects linked to an alleged fake job call centre that duped unemployed youth by promising jobs and extorting money, officials said. The suspects - Vishal Raghav, 26; Amir Usmani, 52; and Varun Kumar, 27 - were held from Sector 16. Earlier arrests of Anuj Kumar, 33, and Romesh Malik, 24, helped expose the scheme.
Assistant commissioner of police (Noida) Swatantra Kumar Singh said the gang bought job-seeker data worth Rs.30,000. "They would defraud people by asking them to deposit amounts ranging from Rs.980 to Rs.2000 in the name of registration fee, document verification, employment verification, file submission and profile finalisation," he said, adding thousands may have been cheated.
Station house officer (Phase 1) Amit Kumar Maan said Anuj had been operating since 2017 and earlier ran a similar scam in Hyderabad. Police said the trio procured bank accounts, debit cards, cheque books and pre-activated SIMs, while Varun ran a separate call centre. A case has been filed under sections of the BNS and the IT Act, police said....
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