PIONEEREDGE NEWS SERVICE | Dehradun
The cyber crime police station of Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) arrested two men for their alleged involvement in a cyber fraud case in which a Dehradun resident lost more than Rs 65 lakh. The accused, identified as Nitin Gaur (34) and Nikkubabu (29), both residents of Noida, ran the fraud with links to cyber criminals based abroad.
The accused operated a fake company named NG Traders and created multiple fake bank accounts to carry out the fraud, the deputy superintendent of police officer of cyber crime police station, STF, Ankush Mishra said. According to him, the victim searched online for investment opportunities and found a Facebook page in the name of Judah Murazik. The page displayed a video of finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, claiming that an investment of Rs 21,000 would yield Rs 6.5 lakh in seven days.
The victim registered on the link cryptspromarkets.com given on the page and was later contacted by people posing as representatives of the company. They identified themselves with names such as Priya, Ramesh Kumar, Sharad Vohra and Vicky Malhotra. The accused gained the victim’s trust by offering high returns and persuaded him to transfer money into several bank accounts between May 7 and May 29, 2025.
The total amount deposited was Rs 66.21 lakh. When the accused stopped responding, the victim reported the matter to the cyber crime police station in Dehradun, Mishra said. He informed that both accused maintained 18 to 20 current bank accounts across the country and used VPNs, proxy servers, or browsers and public WiFi to hide their identities and locations. They also used mobile numbers obtained on fake identities for bank alerts and customer communication.
The DSP said that the police recovered one tablet with SIM card, four mobile phones, two Aadhaar cards, one PAN card, six SIM cards, 12 ATM cards, one metro card, two pen drives, two company seals of NG Traders, six cheque books, five MPOS machines, five QR code sound boxes and 14 QR scanners. The DSP said that STF is investigating the role of other people linked with the gang and examining international connections. He urged the public not to trust unverified websites, customer care numbers found on Google or links received on social media.
He advised people not to share OTP, PIN, password, CVV or bank details with anyone. Mishra said that investment offers promising high returns in a short time are often fraudulent. He advised citizens to report cybercrime immediately on the toll-free number 1930 or at www.cybercrime.gov.in.
