During raid in a cybercrime case, an ED team was attacked in Delhi, one individual arrested.
After the ED received information about cybercrimes such as phishing, QR code cheating, and part-time job fraud that resulted in fraud with several people, the search operation was started.
During a raid on a farmhouse here on Thursday, an Enforcement Directorate (ED) team conducting searches in a money laundering case tied to cyber fraud was allegedly attacked, and one of its members was hurt, according to officials.
Regarding the event that occurred at a farmhouse in the Bijwasan neighbourhood of the national capital that was raided by an ED team under the command of Suraj Yadav, the agency has filed a formal complaint. In southwest Delhi, the farmhouse is under the jurisdiction of the Kapashera police station.
After receiving first attention for minor injuries sustained during the attack, the Enforcement Officer (EO) proceeded with the searches, according to the officials.
In a statement, the Delhi Police claimed they had received information about an ED team being manhandled in the Bijwasan area. Together with other employees, the Kapashera Station House Officer (SHO) arrived at the location of the raid.
In addition, the ED raiding squad included two female CRPF officers.
The statement claims that the farm residence is owned by Ashok Kumar Sharma, a chartered accountant (CA) by trade.
Police stated in the statement that Yash, a relative of Sharma, had been arrested in relation to the incident and was being questioned further.
Allegations have been made that Yash and Sharma participated in an assault on the ED team. Investigations are ongoing.
Sources claim that the search operation was started after the ED received information from the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and the I4C on cybercrimes such as phishing, QR code cheating, and part-time job fraud that resulted in fraud involving numerous people.
It was discovered that funds obtained from this cybercrime were being taken out using debit and credit cards after being routed through up to 15,000 "mule" accounts.It was discovered that money was transferred using these cards to top up virtual accounts on the UAE-based Pyypl payment aggregator. After that, money was taken out of Pyypl to purchase cryptocurrency.
According to the sources, some chartered accountants (CAs) were operating the network.
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