Jaipur: Rajasthan police’s cyber police Friday arrested a man from Gurgaon for allegedly helping a fraud gang siphon off money from a Jaipur man who lost Rs 22 lakh to a scam promising a job abroad for his son.The complainant began communicating with a woman on Facebook on May 3, 2024. She claimed to be an American named Dion Marley, working as an accountant at a pharmaceutical company in Manchester, England, and promised to arrange a job abroad for his son, ADG (Cyber Crime) VK Singh said.The woman and her associates allegedly persuaded the complainant to transfer money to several bank accounts for customs duties, a money-laundering certificate, income tax and other charges. They posed as customs and other govt officials and sent forged receipts and documents over WhatsApp. The complainant transferred Rs 22 lakh.When he refused to pay more, the accused allegedly threatened to kill him, claiming to know his home address. Police said the gang used social media to target elderly people and those living alone.
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Investigators analysed call detail records, WhatsApp chats, bank statements and KYC documents and found that Wasim Hussain, a Bareilly resident, had used three bank accounts to receive about Rs 4.12 lakh of the defrauded money. He allegedly transferred the funds to other accounts or withdrew them from ATMs for distribution among other gang members.Police said Wasim opened the accounts at the request of his cousins, Mursad Hussain and Arshad Hussain, and handed them the ATM cards, passbooks, cheque books and linked SIM cards. They allegedly promised him a commission of Rs 70,000.
