Jaipur : Shamshabad CCS Police of Telangana, with the help of KPHB Police of Cyberabad Commissionerate, Madhapur and Narsingi Police, arrested a high-tech UPI fraud gang on Sunday. Police arrested 13 members of this gang. This gang was involved in cheating Bajaj Electronics of about Rs 4.00 crore. Police said in a press release that Rs 1.72 lakh in cash and electronic goods worth Rs 50 lakh were seized from them.
Several cases registered against the gang in Telangana
Many cases of such cyber fraud have been registered in Telangana’s Cyberabad, Hyderabad and Rachakonda Commissionerate as well as police stations in many big cities of the state. About Rs 4 crore has been defrauded in these frauds. On the complaint of Bajaj Electronics, Shamshabad CCS Police and KPHB Police, Madhapur and Narsingi Police started investigation. Police said that fraudsters living in Rajasthan bought expensive electronics from Bajaj showrooms.
The gang used to operate from Rajasthan
According to the police, the gang members used to buy expensive electronic items from the showroom. After which the scanner of the showroom was sent to the gang member sitting in Rajasthan. He used to transfer the money to the showroom’s account and after the delivery of the goods, the thug sitting in Rajasthan used to complain about the reverse in the bank and get the money back in his account.
All the thugs are under 25 years of age
The gang comprised of 13 members of Rajasthan in the age group of 20-25 years. They all used to work as a gang. Some of the gang members were living in Hyderabad, while their associates used to run the entire gang from Rajasthan. They used to earn money by selling the goods purchased through fraud.
