JAIPUR: The special operations group (SOG) of Rajasthan police arrested a cyber crook on Friday for allegedly duping a Florida-based US citizen of $10,000 on the pretext of providing a lucrative loan.
Last year in February, the US citizen had sent a complaint to SOG through the Government of India via post. The complainant, a retired teaching official, had alleged that some people had called him to offer direct easy loans and duped him of $10,000. In its press statement, the agency said that a team led by inspector Poonam arrested the accused from Nagaur. He was identified as one Ramjan Khan, a native of Kile ki Dhal area of Nagaur district.
The agency claimed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had also probed the matter and found that as many as 500 foreign nationals were duped by the accused and his aides on the pretext of giving easy and low-interest loans.According to SOG, the accused used to fleece foreign nationals by first promising loans and then demanding amounts in multiple instalments under the guise of attorney fee, bank processing fee, file charge, registration, cashier cheque, etc.Officials said that the investigation revealed that the accused had received an estimated Rs 30 crore through fraudulent transactions. One of the accused had already been arrested in the past in connection with the same case.
The FIR in the case has been registered at the cybercrime police station of the SOG, under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 419 (cheating by personation), 420 (cheating), 120B (criminal conspiracy), and other relevant sections of the Information Technology Act.
Officials said that they were investigating if there were more suspects involved in the crime syndicate.
