Online fraud gang busted with 4 arrests in Faridabad

FARIDABAD: Four people of a gang who allegedly duped people promising to get them an Adani CNG pump dealership were arrested, Haryana's Faridabad Police said on Thursday.
Abhishek Kumar, Bunty, Abhishek, and Vivek Thakur, all natives of Bihar, were arrested from Patna (Bihar) and Ahmedabad (Gujarat).
Police have recovered Rs 3.5 lakh in cash, three mobiles, four SIM cards, seven fake ID cards, one laptop, and one computer from their possession, they said.
Police first arrested Abhishek on June 11 and later at his instance rounded others in.
They are accused of defrauding a Ballabgarh resident named Vishal of Rs 13.62 lakh with a dealership offer, police said.
Amit Yashvardhan, DCP, cyber crime, Ballabhgarh, said that the gang operated their fraud with three fake websites.
They would ask the target to fill an application form and thus would gather their details such as email, mobile number etc.
"By using the data, the accused sent fake documents bearing Adani Company's name to the target and would ask them to transfer money into their accounts offering them a dealership and different other services," PTI quoted Yashwardhan as saying.
Police found that Abhishek was earlier involved in a loan fraud in Hisar and had even gone to jail.
"We sent them into judicial custody today after producing them in a city court," the DCP added.
With PTI inputs