12 who conned online fraud victims held in Delhi

KPS Malhotra, deputy commissioner of police(cyber cell), said that the gang conned over 3,000 victims of online fraud.

Delhi Police caught a gang that duped victims of online financial fraud by floating a fake online redressal system and posing as cyber fraud officers. Police said on Friday that they arrested 12 persons from Delhi and Noida, who created webpages with similar nomenclature as of the government complaint redressal system and took money from online fraud victims by claiming to register their complaints.

Police found the arrests conned the victims of atleast ₹1.74 crore in the last year. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

KPS Malhotra, deputy commissioner of police(cyber cell), said that the gang conned over 3,000 victims of online fraud. Police found the arrests conned the victims of atleast ₹1.74 crore in the last year. “They were conning individuals who tried to lodge complaints regarding online cheating. They charged the victims processing fees and subsequently stopped responding by blocking them.”