Fake job racket busted, 10 arrested in Gurgaon
FRAUD The racket, which was run by a Mathurabased couple from Delhi, duped many with the promise of lucrative jobs. The couple is on the run
GURGAON: Barely months after a fake call centre involved in banking fraud was bus ted, ten persons were arrested by the Gurgaon police for running another through which they duped people of large sums by offering non-existent jobs. Police said a case of fraud was registered against the accused in September, 2017 before the case was transferred to the cyber cell of Gurgaon police. It was the cy ber cell which uncovered the rack et.
Police seized a huge cache of IT equipment and mobile phones used for running the fake job racket. The racket, which was being operated for the last oneand- a-half years, was run by a Ma thu ra-based couple, the police said.
SumitKuhar,DCP crime,said that the well-organised racket was run by Laxman and Simple and both are currently on the run. “Around 50 people were employed at the call centre, which was being operated without permission. There was no recording of calls and data and operators were given fictitious names to call job applicants,” Kuhar saids.
Police said stolen data from a job portal was used by the call centre employees to reach out to candidates, who were promised jobs, interviews and overseas postings. In most cases, those promised jobs were asked to deposit 2-3 months’ salary as commission, the police said.
The accused also used multiple bank accounts to siphon off money and hired people in a dubious manner .“Call centres seem to have become an easy way of carrying out frauds in Delhi NCR,” Kuhar said.
They charged ₹1,000 to ₹2,000 as registration money and demanded large amounts in lieu of fake interview letters, which were deposited in banks through a cash transfer, the police said. The Gurgaon-based man on whose complaint the gang was busted said he had also been conned of ₹2.60 lakh after being promised a lucrative job.
Shams her Singh, ACP, cri me, Gurgaon said that the cyber cell of Gurgaon police opened an investigation on the complaint that the call centre was deceiving gullible jobseekers by making rosy promises. “After a thorough probe it was found that the accused were operating a well- established call centre out of Mohan Cooperative Industrial Estate in Delhi. A police team conducted a search at the call centre during which it found a large number of people calling job seekers ,” he added.
The 10 accused have been identified as Mohan, Tush ar, Mohd Daud, Durgesh, Raghu Singh, Sanjay Kumar, Shailesh Mani, Shiv Kumar, Kishan and Sushil Kumar. They are residents of Delhi and UP.
“Sixty CPUs, 60 LED screens, keyboards, mouse and other IT-related equipment were seized from the call centre. Forty seven mobile phones were also seized ,” inspector Anand Kumar, in charge, cy ber cell, G ur ga on, said.