A Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh Police has unearth a Noida-based racket that allegedly duped foreign nationals of as much as INR 170 crore on the pretext of offering tech help and tax refunds, officers stated. 

The STF has seized over 70 desktop computer systems and several other cellphones and SIM playing cards from the gang. Photo courtesy: PIB

STF officers stated 10 members of the gang, which operated as a name centre and used software program to remotely management the computer systems and laptops of victims, have been arrested from their work area in Noida’s Sector 59. 

“The gang used sophisticated softwares to target people residing in countries like the US, Canada, the UK, Lebanon, Hong Kong, etc. The gang used various techniques to remotely take control of the devices of their targets and then offered technical support to them for fixing the problems,” Senior Superintendent of Police (UP STF) Vishal Vikram Singh stated.

The STF has seized over 70 desktop computer systems and several other cellphones and SIM playing cards from the gang’s possession and forensic examination of the digital units will likely be executed now, he stated.

“According to the analysis of the bank statements received so far, about Rs 170 crore have been cheated by this gang,” Singh stated.

After getting details about different financial institution accounts of the gang, freezing these accounts and authorized motion will likely be initiated towards offenders, the officer stated.  The gang’s masterminds have been recognized as Karan Mohan and Vinod Singh, based on the STF.

Others arrested have been recognized as  Dhruv Narang, Mayank Gogia, Akshay Malik, Deepak Singh, Ahuja Podwal, Akshay Sharma, Jayant Singh and Mukul Rawat, the company added.  An FIR has been lodged on the Noida Sector 58 police station the place additional authorized proceedings of the case are underway, the STF stated.

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