Raipur: Police have raided different locations in Raipur and Delhi and arrested two fraudsters who were sending cyber fraud money to China and Thailand. Cyber Range Police has arrested Sandeep Ratra (41), resident of Uttam Nagar Delhi and Rajveer Singh (22), resident of Hirapur Raipur. Earlier two accused were arrested. They had opened different firms by changing the address in the Aadhar card. Bank accounts were opened on that basis. After getting information about the bank accounts of the accused, the amount of fraud has increased to Rs 429 crore.
Apart from the documents related to the case, documents of other fake companies, forex trading bank account, mobile have been seized from the accused. The accused had converted the rupees into dollars and sent them to Thailand and China. Police said that Dr. PK Gupta, a resident of Tatiband, was duped of Rs 10 lakh by luring him to invest in the share market. The money from his account went to Delhi, UP and Rajasthan. From there the money came back to different companies of Raipur.
Fake company created in Lalpur
Guerrilla action was taken at Progressive Point Lalpur Raipur. The accused had created another fake company Croma Shipping and Logistics by changing the address in the Aadhaar card. To send money abroad through Forex trading, bank accounts were opened in the name of the company in Indian Overseas Bank, State Bank of India, Union Bank.
In future, the accused used these bank accounts to send the money defrauded through cyber crime abroad. The accused have been arrested and sent to judicial custody.
Digital arrest and trading fraud
The main accused, Delhi resident Rajeev Singhania, is being searched. Both the arrested accused have studied till 10th-12th. He called himself a software engineer. Two youths from Lalpur were hired as office boys. The leader of the gang for which he worked used to give him a salary of Rs 50,000 each. He used to get separate commission. He started sending money abroad from office.
Cases are registered against the accused in 10 states
Information about more than 41 bank accounts has been received from the locations of previously arrested accused. Of these, 30 accounts are in the name of his fake companies. Debit cards, check books, computers, laptops, dollar purchase challans, one-time passcode devices, UPI scanners and Aadhaar cards of different addresses have been seized from his office. Cases are registered against the accused in 10 states including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.