Five held in multi-crore cyber fraud cases across India
Mumbai: The Vakola police arrested five individuals from Rajasthan and Thane on Saturday for their alleged involvement in multiple cyber fraud cases across the country.
The accused are identified Fujeel Ahmed Ansari, 21, Miraj Akram, 24; Mohammad Ansari, 27, from Bhiwandi in Thane district; Rajkaran Tanwar, 19; and Karan Segar, 19, both residents of Jaipur. They were allegedly responsible for converting the funds into cryptocurrency after transferring.
Investigations began after a complaint by a 26-year-old resident of Santacruz (East) who lost ₹3.4 lakh in a task-based fake job scam. During the investigation under Inspector Amar Patil, the leading police team traced back the bank transaction records to fraudulent activity in accounts based in Rajasthan and apprehended Tanwar and Segar.
Patil said that Mohammed Ansari operated around bank accounts not registered in his name, and his interrogation led to the identification and arrest of the remaining two accused. Patil further added that the group is suspected of defrauding people across the country of approximately ₹30 crore.
During the past four months, three cyber fraud cases were registered in Mumbai West, East, and North cyber police stations involving losses of ₹ 7.27 crore, ₹41 lakh, and ₹14 lakh, respectively.
More such cases involving losses of ₹22 lakh and ₹48 lakh were reported in Pune, Bilaspur, and Chhattisgarh. The accused are remanded to police custody till April 28 after appearance in court.
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Rahul Gandhi to attend friendly football match between Messi, Revanth Reddy in Hyderabad
Hyderabad (PTI): Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will attend the GOAT India Tour event featuring football legend Lionel Messi at the RGI Cricket Stadium here on Saturday evening, Telangana Congress sources said.
A friendly match will be played between the two teams -- Singareni RR9 and Aparna-Messi All Stars. These two teams will be playing a 15-20 minute friendly match and five minutes before the game, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, a football enthusiast and Messi will join and will dribble the ball together.
Rahul Gandhi will land here on a special flight at 4.30 PM and will proceed to Taj Falaknuma Palace Hotel where Messi will be staying.
After watching the game, Gandhi will leave for the national capital by 10.30 PM.
Elaborate security arrangements are being made for the event at the RGI Cricket stadium.
Rachakonda Police Commissioner Sudheer Babu said security would be provided with 3,000 personnel.
