Hyderabad: A 27 year old man was arrested by cyber crime police from New Delhi for cheating innocent people online on false promises of providing loan at low interest rates.
According to the police, the accused, Gaurav Kumar alias Akhilesh Yadav alias Rajender Singh, had hired Telugu speaking tele-callers who would interact with the victims to build their trust.
The Cyber Crime Station (CCS) received a complaint from a Hyderabadi local that she contacted the accused in July 2016 after seeing the advertisement in a telugu newspaper that they are providing loan.
“They told the woman that they were from Venkateswara Finance and gave her details about the process. They asked the woman to make a minimum investment. She asked for a loan of Rs 5 lakh and they asked her to deposit Rs15,000 as processing fee and made her deposit more money in various bank accounts,” said Assistant Commission-er of Police, Cyber Crime, S. Jayaram.
During investigation, officials obtained the statements of accounts and AOF from the banks where the money was deposited by the victim. The accused was traced and located in Delhi.
Based on the location of the accused person, Hyderabad police deputed a team which apprehended him from New Delhi. The man was escorted back to the city on Wednesday after which he was sent to judicial remand.
