Dialogue associate, Jagran Muzaffarnagar. How the addiction of online gaming pushes the common youth into the world of organized cyber crime has come to light in the district. After receiving a complaint from Nagpur, the Cyber Crime Police station has arrested an accused belonging to a gang that cheated people of more than Rs 30 lakh.
The accused had sold his land because of the game. After getting into debt, he chose the path of crime. Two mobile phones were recovered from the accused.
SSP Sanjay Kumar Verma said that continuous complaints of fake calls and cyber fraud related to Muzaffarnagar were being received on the online portal of the Government of India, Prativimba. Upon investigation of the complaint received from Nagpur, the mobile numbers and bank accounts used in the fraud were found to be operated in the district. After technical analysis and thorough investigation of bank transactions, Vijay Kumar, son of Satendra Singh, resident of village Savtu police station Bhaurakalan, was arrested from outside his village on Sunday.
The accused told during interrogation that he was involved in online gaming for a long time, in which he suffered a loss of about five lakh rupees. To compensate for the loss he had to sell two bighas of his land. Unable to find any way to buy back the land legally, he resorted to illegal means of earning money by contacting cyber criminals.
He told that he talked to the online robbers through Telegram. He asked Vijay to provide accounts for receiving cyber fraud money. Due to greed, Vijay joined the online robbers and provided the accounts of his acquaintances along with his mother and brother.
SP Crime Indu Siddharth said that initially Vijay used his mobile number and bank accounts for cyber fraud, but after receiving complaints from various states, his accounts were frozen. After this, he started fake calls and UPI fraud through Telegram using bank accounts and mobile numbers opened in the name of his brother and mother. The accused opened accounts in many banks and borrowed money from them. Complaints are registered in large numbers
SP Crime Indu Siddharth said that investigation has revealed that there are two complaints on two mobile numbers of accused Vijay, while a total of 15 complaints are registered on his accounts. 41 other complaints have also been received on e-mails and numbers related to the recovered mobile.
In the last two months, transactions worth approximately Rs 30 lakh took place in the accounts of the accused, while the total amount of fraud is estimated to be more than Rs 1 crore. Investigation of the remaining accounts is ongoing. Information about cases registered in other states is also being obtained.
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