Big success for Cyber Crime Team: Accused of ₹1.64 crore online fraud arrested from Jaspur

Moradabad(desk) Cyber Crime Police have achieved major success by arresting another member of a gang involved in defrauding people in the name of online trading. The accused has been identified as Aqib Javed, son of Mohammad Shakeel, resident of Ward No. 12, Mohalla Nai Basti, Police Station Jaspur, Udham Singh Nagar (Uttarakhand). A mobile phone used in the crime has been recovered from his possession.The case came to light after a complainant from Galshahid area reported that a person named Jiyana Arora, posing as a Delhi resident, lured him with promises of high profits through online trading via WhatsApp. By sending links, creating login IDs, and collecting identity proofs, the gang managed to get ₹1,64,96,474 transferred into 13 different bank accounts. Based on the complaint, Case No. 16/2025 under Sections 318(4), 317(2) BNS and Section 66D IT Act was registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station.Under the directions of DIG Moradabad Range Muniraj G and SSP Satpal Antil, the police team initiated a technical investigation and, after earlier arrests of Nazim Ali, Khilafat, Aman, and Adnan, has now arrested Aqib Javed, who has been sent to judicial custody.During interrogation, Aqib revealed that the gang had opened accounts at the Bank of Baroda Jaspur branch using GST and MSME registrations. They even operated accounts while staying in Nepal hotels via WhatsApp. Their accounts held crores of rupees, and multiple complaints have been filed against them in various states. So far, police have frozen ₹47,66,507 in the complainant’s accounts, out of which ₹20 lakh has already been refunded, while the remaining amount is in process of recovery.

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