May 8, 2019:
The cyber cell of the city crime branch on Tuesday said that they have arrested 15 Delhi-based persons from their residences for cheating over 3,000 Gujarat citizens by taking away money from them with gift lure.
The main accused has been identified as Devendra Maurya, 30, a resident of Govindpuri in Delhi. Maurya ran a call centre in Delhi and employed 14 others, who made calls across country and cheated people.
Highest number of 3,227 calls were made to Gujarat followed by Delhi wherein they called 2,977 people.
Maurya had allegedly obtained data of over lakh people across the country. His team members used to call people asking them that they have been shortlisted as lucky customers and they had to buy a laundry bag to get an assured gift which include laptop, LED TV and a high end cellphone. After the person buys the bag from their website, they told him or her about the process to get the laptop.
They used to take various charges in the name of processing fees and GST, said a statement from the cyber cell.
In September last year, a Satellite resident, Tejas Naresh Patel, became their victim and approached the cell after which they began an investigation in the case. After obtaining IP address of the website and location of calls, they arrested the 15 persons, including five girls.
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