The police said the gang, which hosted several apps, had been making ₹1 crore per day
The police said the gang, which hosted several apps, had been making ₹1 crore per day
The Cyber Crime Wing of Central Crime Branch (CCB) has unearthed a loan app fraud involving a gang from Uttar Pradesh that ran a software company and hosted numerous loan apps. The gang had been making ₹1 crore a day.
Following complaints on the harassment and extortion by loan operators, the police had taken up investigation. Commissioner of Police Shankar Jiwal on Friday said a special team had been formed to investigate the frauds. The team analysed WhatsApp call records of 900 mobile phones which were suspected to be used by the illegal operators, mobile apps on Google Playstore, SMSes and 200 UPI (Unified Payments Interface) IDs.
The investigation led to a mobile number, used by a suspect in Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh. First, the police arrested Deepak Kumar Pandey, 26, a collection agent in Uttar Pradesh. Based on his confession, another team was sent to Gurugram where Jitender Tanwar, 24, Nisha alias Nithi and Prakash Sharma, 21, were arrested from a call centre operated by the gang. The main accused is suspected to be holed up in Bihar.
The gang had targeted the gullible victims by calling them randomly and offering quick online loans through mobile apps. Once the victim downloaded the apps on the mobile phone, the fraudsters had access to all storage, including contacts, on the mobile…
