Saturday, 14 December 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) has arrested two cyber fraudsters from the Patelnagar area of Dehradun on charges of cheating unemployed youths, mainly of southern States, by offering fake job offers and charging processing fees under the guise of multinational companies.
The arrested individuals were found in possession of two laptops, seven pre-activated SIM cards, 12 ATM cards, seven mobile phones and other incriminating materials. The STF senior superintendent of police Navneet Singh said that the STF received information that a group of fraudsters was operating a cyber call centre in Dehradun, where unemployed youths were being tricked with fake job offers from companies like IBM, HCL, Tech Mahindra and Amazon and money was being extorted in the form of processing fees.
Upon investigation, it was found that the fraudsters had purchased data of unemployed youths, primarily from southern states of the country and promised them jobs in multinational companies. Singh said that through intensive investigation, STF arrested the main accused, Ishvinder Shergil (30) and Vivek Rawat (32). During interrogation, it was revealed that Shergil had previously been jailed for cyber fraud and had resumed such activities after his release.
The two accused admitted to collecting large sums of money from unemployed youths in the name of processing fees, medical examination fees and other false charges, Singh claimed.
