City police on Sunday busted a cybercrime racket in which fraudsters targeted people already cheated online, posing as legal experts offering help, only to scam them all over again. The investigation began after a complaint was filed at Ramamurthy Nagar Police Station on February 12.
Based on the information received through the National cyber crime reporting portal, a victim, who had earlier lost `1.5 crore in a fake solar plant scheme, searched online for legal help. They found a website named “Quickmoto Legal Service” and were contacted by several tele-callers claiming to help recover the money. Trusting them, the victim paid `12.5 lakh in multiple installments, thinking it was for legal support and unaware that the company was fake.
The case was handed over to the CCB, Cyber Crime Police Station for detailed investigation. Preliminary investigations uncovered that several tele-callers were employed at this location, using a communication platform called Zoiper-5 to contact victims via VoIP calls. One of the main accused identified as Thufail Ahamed (37) graduate in Bachelor of Engineering from Naiveli town, Kadaluru district, Tamil Nadu was arrested and revealed that his brother, living in Dubai, had helped set up multiple fake companies to scam people. The investigation team traced the fraud to a fake company called “India Legal Service” operating out of Kasturinagar.
During the raid, police seized 10 computer hard disks, seals of seven fake companies, SIM cards, cheque books, rental agreements and other company documents, one mobile phone, 1 CPU,11 SIM cards, data from the SIP trunk server system.
A police official said, “It has been established that the company was involved in illegal financial transcation worth crores of rupees. More than 29 cases related to this fraudulent network have already been reported across India on the National cyber crime reporting portal.”
Mall guard arrested for flashing, assaulting woman
A security guard at Mega Mart in Kengeri was arrested on Saturday for flashing and assaulting a woman who confronted him over his inappropriate behaviour towards female visitors.
The accused, identified as Chandrahasa, had been repeatedly misbehaving with women visiting the mall. A woman who runs a shop nearby had noticed his behaviour and raised the issue with the mall manager.
Chandrahasan allegedly confronted the woman on Saturday, hurled abuses at her, and even flashed at her. He then reportedly attacked the victim with a sharp object, causing injuries.
2 more arrests in Ramya case
Two more persons, Rajesh and Obbanna T, have been arrested in connection with the online abuse case involving actress and former Member of Parliament, Ramya (Divya Spandana). This brings the total number of arrests in the case to four.
The action follows a wave of vulgar, abusive, and threatening comments made against Ramya after she shared updates on the Supreme Court’s observations in the Renukaswamy murder case on July 24.
Class 7 student dies by suicide
A class 7 student was found dead at his home in CK Achukattu. The child, Gandhar, is said to have died by suicide. The incident came to light on Monday morning when his father, Ganesh Prasad, found him unresponsive in his room.
Police confirmed that a sucide note was found, in which Gandhar allegedly wrote, “Please don’t cry, I’m already in heaven.” He mentioned that his decision was made so that things would be better at home. “My intention was not to die, please forgive me. I was happy for 14 years. I am very happy in heaven. Tell all my friends I’m happy,” the note read. He ended the message with an emotional farewell “Goodbye, mother.” The note has been taken by the police for investigation.
The boy’s father, Ganesh Prasad, is a music artist, while his mother, Savita, is a well-known folk singer.
CCB busts international
The Central Crime Branch (CCB) on Monday busted an international SIM box racket being run out of a rented house in Immadihalli and arrested two men from Kerala for illegally converting international calls to local ones using mobile apps and SIM box devices.
The accused, Fayaz MA (31) and Mohammed Saffaf (30), both from Malappuram, had been operating the illegal telecom exchange for the past six months, earning crores of rupees and allegedly routing the money to a Gulf-based handler through hawala networks.
Accident victim’s two-wheeler stolen
A case has been registered at the Vidhana Soudha Police Station after a man who met with a road accident reported that his two-wheeler was stolen from the scene.
According to the complaint filed by a private firm employee on July 30, the incident took place on the night of June 7.
His two-wheeler skidded near Indian S. Billing between 11:30 pm and midnight and he fell and lost consciousness.
An unidentified person later shifted him to a hospital on Mysore Road, where he was treated as an inpatient for nearly a week. Upon discharge, returned to the site of the accident only to find his two-wheeler missing.
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