Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police has arrested a chartered accountant in connection with a case pertaining to an online loan scam allegedly run by Chinese fraudsters.
Based on a complaint, the EOW nabbed Neerav Gupta alias Raman, a resident of Gurgaon, in Paschim Vihar area of Delhi on July 30 and booked him under various sections of the Indian Penal Code and IT Act, 2000.
He was brought to Odisha on transit remand on Tuesday after being produced before Tis Hazari Court in New Delhi.
Gupta was traced while an investigating officer was probing an allegation of harassment and extortion by recovery agents of digital loan application ‘Kredit Gold’ who had allegedly sent abusing messages and morphed photographs, EOW said in a statement.
Complainant Sakti Prasad Dash, after downloading the loan application, received Rs 9,000 as instant loan but only after four days, got WhatsApp messages and calls asking him to pay back Rs 15,627, it said.
He then received several calls and messages from different mobile phone numbers which were traced to a firm, whose director Nitin Malik was arrested and is presently in jail.
Based on interrogation of Malik, Gupta was nabbed.
“Gupta opened several shell companies for use by Chinese nationals to facilitate cash transactions related to digital lending applications. In return, he received huge sums of money as commission from the Chinese via Malik,” EOW said.
Gupta also opened one-person companies for use by…
