Noida: The cyber crime division of Gautam Budh Nagar police on Friday arrested a 48-year-old man for allegedly impersonating as a treasury officer and duping lakhs of rupees from a number of pensioners of Uttar Pradesh Police. In keeping with police, the suspect who was arrested from Punjab is part of the notorious Jamtara gang and used the UP Police personnel’s distinctive identification quantity to dupe the pensioners.
In keeping with Reeta Yadav, in-charge of Cyber Crime police station in Noida’s Sector 36, the arrest was made in connection to an FIR lodged on the police station on October 22, 2020, by a Baghpat-based resident alleging that his father, who retired from the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) of the UP Police, was duped of ₹31 lakh by an individual posing as a treasury officer.
“My father acquired a name from unidentified individuals claiming to be treasury officers of the state authorities. They instructed him that they have been working to course of his paperwork for pension cost order (PPO) however wanted the one-time password (OTP) so as to take action. My father adopted their directions, however he later realised that ₹31.10 lakh was deducted from his checking account by way of internet banking,” the criticism mentioned.
In keeping with Yadav, on the idea of the criticism, an FIR was registered on the Cyber Crime police station beneath sections of dishonest and forgery of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and related sections of the Info Know-how (IT) Act towards the unidentified suspects.
“Whereas engaged on the case, the names of two suspects got here to mild — Noor Ali and his father Shamser Ali. Noor (30), was earlier arrested on August 2, 2021 from Punjab and despatched to jail after being produced earlier than a courtroom. On Friday, his father Shamser (48), was additionally arrested from Punjab’s Fatehgarh Sahib,” mentioned Yadav.
Yadav added that the 2 suspects are natives of Bihar however lived in Fatehgarh Sahib. “Throughout investigation, it was discovered that Shamser’s second son studied in Punjab years in the past and acquired in contact with scamsters from Jharkhand’s Jamtara and joined the cyber fraud gang. Each Shamser and Noor additionally acquired concerned with the identical gang,” she mentioned, including that the police had recovered ₹3 crore from Noor’s financial institution accounts.
Yadav mentioned that the fraudsters used the retired police officer’s nine-digit distinctive identification quantity (PNO) quantity to dupe him. “By means of the PNO, the officer’s particulars have been publicly accessible on-line which have been utilized by the suspects to achieve belief and make him imagine that they have been calling from the federal government division. Thereafter, they acquired particulars of his financial institution accounts and withdrew cash by way of internet banking,” mentioned Yadav.
Yadav added that the gang has been concerned in a number of such frauds within the final couple of years. “Throughout interrogation, it was discovered that Shamsher has up to now duped over 15 pensioners within the title of processing the PPO and over 100 folks within the title of updating KYC paperwork. It’s estimated that the suspects have duped over ₹10 crore from their victims until date. His transactions are being checked by police,” she mentioned.
Yadav added that the suspect was produced earlier than a courtroom and despatched to judicial custody on Friday.