Gang With Dubai Links busted, Five Arrested

The network was discovered during a June investigation that identified an organized cybercrime gang run by "Tom" and his colleague, both of whom were based in Dubai, and operated out of Noida and Gurgaon.
 "On Monday, a raid was carried out at a Gurgaon apartment complex, where the suspects were located.  DCP (crime) Aditya Gautam announced that Manjeet (28), Manshvi (23), and Sombir (43), had been taken into custody.

Sombir acted as the accountant, liaising with their handler in Dubai, while Manjeet and Manshvi managed money transfers via fictitious companies and several bank accounts.  Manish Mehra, 33, was also taken into custody by the police for handling transactions and granting OTP access.
 Anup, a 35-year-old private bank relationship manager from southwest Delhi, was later detained for helping to register fraudulent accounts and disclosing information on blocked accounts and complaints submitted to the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP).

 According to police, each officer was allegedly paid Rs 1.5 lakh in fee for each account they opened.  In order to transfer money, the accused created eight current accounts and three fictitious companies. The money was then layered across several accounts and transformed into USDT cryptocurrency.

Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Gujarat, Kerala, and Haryana were among the states that filed the complaints.
 In a another case, four guys were detained for allegedly making more than 100 phony hotel websites and defrauding travelers from Uttarakhand, Delhi, Rajasthan, and Haryana out of more than Rs 1 crore under the guise of reservations.  132 NCRP complaints were connected to the accused.

The culprits were located in Jhenjhpuri hamlet in the Deeg region of Rajasthan after a resident of southeast Delhi claimed that he had been defrauded of Rs 68,000 for a reservation at a well-known luxury hotel in Chandigarh.  "On October 24, a raid was carried out.  DCP (southeast) Hemant Tiwari reported that Sharup (26), Ekrar (27), and Sohail (24), had been taken into custody.

The phony websites were made by an online advertising agency, whose owner, 32-year-old Gopal Singh Karki, was apprehended on Thursday, according to digital evidence.  To increase their visibility, they advertised sponsored advertisements.  They pretended to be hotel employees in order to entice victims with 10–20% immediate payment discounts. They then used the money to purchase gold and electronics. According to the police, the complainant paid Rs 68,000 for jewelry that was transported to Jaipur.

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