Fake BPOs: 3 more held, 6 high-end cars seized in Chennai
TNN | Updated: Feb 28, 2019, 06:36 IST
HUGE HAUL: Police recovered six luxury cars – three Audis, one BMW and two Honda cars — sporting fancy registr... Read MoreCHENNAI: The bank fraud wing police have arrested three more people, including a couple, based on the confession of suspects held earlier for operating fake BPO companies and cheating people.
The arrested persons were identified as – Umapathy, 40, his wife Seetha, 38, and their accomplice Satish, 35. They cheated more than 500 people promising to get them loans in private financial firms and swindled more than Rs 2 crore after collecting their credit and debit card details along with the CVV and PIN.
Police have seized six luxury cars – three Audis, one BMW and two Honda cars — sporting fancy registration numbers such as 9999, 8899, 7989 and 5050. The investigation officers were surprised to find that many vehicles had stickers of ‘media’ and ‘lawyer’.
Police said soon after the apprehension of the suspects, their associates concealed their high-end vehicles in safe locations. However, police recovered the cars based on the confession of the suspects arrested earlier.
Police busted the scam by arresting seven suspects N Venkatesh, S Vignesh, P Bhoopathy, S Satish, S Charles, R Dravida Arasan, and K Krishnakumar on February 20. Subsequently, police teams arrested another prime suspect Johnson, 35, in connection with the case. Police have taken custody of five arrested suspects.
The trio arrested on Wednesday was remanded in judicial custody after being produced before a magistrate court in the city.
During interrogation, the couple revealed that they helped the suspects prepare documents to float firms and provide ground support to them. With their help, they floated the companies Ultra Trendz Enterprises, Krish Consultancy, Trifech Associates, Tech Procers Private Limited and Fortune Enterprises at different locations in the city.
They also hired at least 125 staff members, including 70 women, to lure people promising to get them a loan of Rs 5 lakh at low interest rates and collected their credit and debit card information, using which they swindled cash from the victims’ bank accounts.
The arrested persons were identified as – Umapathy, 40, his wife Seetha, 38, and their accomplice Satish, 35. They cheated more than 500 people promising to get them loans in private financial firms and swindled more than Rs 2 crore after collecting their credit and debit card details along with the CVV and PIN.
Police have seized six luxury cars – three Audis, one BMW and two Honda cars — sporting fancy registration numbers such as 9999, 8899, 7989 and 5050. The investigation officers were surprised to find that many vehicles had stickers of ‘media’ and ‘lawyer’.
Police said soon after the apprehension of the suspects, their associates concealed their high-end vehicles in safe locations. However, police recovered the cars based on the confession of the suspects arrested earlier.
Police busted the scam by arresting seven suspects N Venkatesh, S Vignesh, P Bhoopathy, S Satish, S Charles, R Dravida Arasan, and K Krishnakumar on February 20. Subsequently, police teams arrested another prime suspect Johnson, 35, in connection with the case. Police have taken custody of five arrested suspects.
The trio arrested on Wednesday was remanded in judicial custody after being produced before a magistrate court in the city.
During interrogation, the couple revealed that they helped the suspects prepare documents to float firms and provide ground support to them. With their help, they floated the companies Ultra Trendz Enterprises, Krish Consultancy, Trifech Associates, Tech Procers Private Limited and Fortune Enterprises at different locations in the city.
They also hired at least 125 staff members, including 70 women, to lure people promising to get them a loan of Rs 5 lakh at low interest rates and collected their credit and debit card information, using which they swindled cash from the victims’ bank accounts.
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