New Delhi, Oct. 29 -- The Delhi Police's Special Cell IFSO unit has arrested two men for allegedly procuring and supplying activated e-SIMs to facilitate cyber crimes including Digital Arrest scams through fake health camp centers. The police were informed about the fraud through a complaint registered at the IFSO unit of rhe Delhi Police's Special Cell. The accused were identified as Jitendra Singh (29) son of Dal Chand, resident of Farah, Mathura, UP, Brajesh Kumar (21) son of Somveer Singh, resident of Farah, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
According to the police, the accused had organised counterfeit medical camps to procure Aadhaar and biometric information of villagers under the pretense of supplying them subsidised medicines. The police have alleged that they had procured and supplied over 3000 SIMs in the past one year. Based on data, it has been found that over 20 complaints have been filed on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) with SIMs allegedly activated by them. The total amount involved in these frauds is around 2.64 crore rupees. The accused, Jitendra Singh and Brajesh Kumar were arrested in a raid during the night of October 20-21. The police said that the probe began after a Digital Arrest case was filed by Shriniwas, who allegedly had conversations with the accused using WhatsApp. He had been duped for around two weeks and was allegedly forced to transfer 1.64 crore rupees through six RTGS transfers into six different bank accounts.
During the probe, technical analysis of phone numbers and phone related data led to an investigation in the Vrindavan-Mathura area. Further investigation allegedly uncovered a network of people who were procuring, activating and supplying e-SIMs through online means. The accused allegedly procured between 20-30 e-SIMs per day. The activated SIMs would be bought for between 800- 1,200 rupees and then sold for around 2000 rupees.
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