In the name of making Ayushman card, people’s biometric identity is being used to activate SIM cards. These SIM cards are being sent abroad from where they are being used for cyber fraud. This is being operated by a gang of women in Nagpur, Maharashtra. This gang has links with the Philippines. From where the mastermind of the gang is carrying out cyber fraud incidents using these SIM cards. When the police reached Nagpur to investigate a case of cheating of Rs 23 lakh from a person in Dehradun, it was exposed. The police have served notice to two women involved in the fraud. STF SSP Navneet Singh said that a person from Dehradun had lodged a complaint that he had seen an advertisement of an online trading business on Telegram. On clicking the link, he was asked to join an unknown WhatsApp group. After chatting, he was added to an investment group through another link. People who were previously associated with the group shared screenshots of their profit amount.
They were duped and swindled Rs 23 lakh. In this case, a case was registered against unknown persons in the cyber police station. During the investigation, the cyber police station team verified the bank accounts and mobile numbers. In this, the names of Pushpa Barapatre resident of Gidoba Mandir police station Bathoda district Nagpur and Yadmu Sultan resident of Ganesh Apartment Dighori Maharashtra came up. The police reached Nagpur and recovered a large number of SIM cards from both of them. Investigation revealed that both the women are in contact with foreign cyber criminals. Yadmu Sultan’s son Raju Sultan lives in the Philippines. He is the mastermind of this gang.
SIM cards are sent to the Philippines through courier
The SSP said that after getting the SIM activated, it is sent to Raju Sultan through courier in the Philippines. In return, Raju sends a huge amount of money to both the women. Many bank accounts, a large number of SIM card photos and documents have been recovered from the accused in the mobile phone used in the incident. Evidence has also been found of the accused being in contact with other cyber criminals through WhatsApp.
