Delhi police have arrested two fraudsters from Jharkhand who allegedly posed as executives of a travel agency and cheated a man out of Rs 4.7 lakh.
The accused, identified as Abhishek Kumar and Raju Ansari, used a screen mirroring monitoring app to obtain the victim’s personal information and then transferred the money from his bank account. Police traced eight bank accounts, containing Rs 85 lakh, which were used by the accused. They also recovered an iPhone 12 and a gold bar from their home.
The duo were arrested in Dumka district of Jharkhand on Wednesday.
On January 7, the complainant turned to the police saying he had encountered the fraudsters while looking for the customer service number of a travel website. He called the number and was asked to fill out an online form and download an app called Anydesk. The accused then ordered the man to send an SMS, after which Rs 4.78 lakh was deducted from his account.
R Sathiyasundaram, DCP (Shahdara), said: “Our team tracked the cell phone number used by the accused, but it was switched off. We then started tracking bank transactions. The accused was using the money on different apps such as MakeMyTrip, Flipkart, Equitas Bank, Big Bazaar, etc.
The investigation team also discovered that the accused had recently purchased a gold bar and an iPhone 12. The police found their address and conducted searches in Jharkhand.
During the interrogation, Abhishek confessed that he was the mastermind and uploaded his mobile number to Google Ads as a customer service manager. He then impersonated executives of Flipkart, MakeMyTrip and several airlines to trick people.
“The defendant used a screen mirroring app and asked the victims to install it to collect information. After getting the bank account details, he initiated a transaction and deducted the money” , added the DCP.