Aspiring CA arrested for duping people

Delhi police cyber cell has arrested a 23-yearold aspiring charted accountant for allegedly cheating people by creating fake websites regarding government schemes including free laptops and solar panels.

A team under supervision of assistant commissioner of police Aditya Gautam nabbed accused Rohit Soni, who hails from Churu in Rajasthan and is a graduate in B.Com.

He had taken down the fake website after an IIT graduate was arrested by CyPAD for similar cheating which was aired on television.

According to deputy commissioner of police (cyber) Aynesh Roy, an information was received that someone had created and hosted a website by the domain name http://modi-laptop.sarkaari-yojana.in and http://solarpanel.sarkaari-yojana.in using the name of “Make in India Campaign” of Government of India to misguide people and dupe general public in the name of free laptops and solar panels. Data was being collected in the name of registration on this website.

“Acting on the information, a case under the Information Technology (IT) Act was registered and investigation was taken up. During investigation , the police team mounted technical survelliance following which the creator of the website was identified and his location was zeroed in to Sujangarh in the district Churu,” the deputy commissioner of police said.

“During interrogation, the accused revealed that he ran a successful blogging site and wanted to make more money using these websites as clickbait,” said the deputy commissioner of police.

“So he designed these websites under such domain names so as to create a false impression about them being government websites,” deputy commissioner of police added.