Kanpur: Three cyber criminals involved in a fraudulent gaming application scheme were arrested on Wednesday night with cash worth over Rs 40 lakh in denominations of 500, 200, and 100 notes, and 10 mobile phones. They have been sent to jail.
The team led by Kakadeo inspector Manoj Singh Bhadoria, Pandu Nagar outpost in-charge Rahul Shukla, and surveillance cell Swaroop Nagar in-charge Pawan Pratap arrested the trio after an invetsigation. Police investigations revealed that the gang used to execute fraudulent operations and transfer funds to international accounts using specific application files. They targeted their victims through gaming app .
ADCP South Mahesh Kumar said that arrested criminals have been identified as Jatin Galani (alias Jeetu) from Ratanlal Nagar , Govind Nagar, the gang leader who completed his B Tech in 2008 and his associates Saurabh Dulani, a BA graduate from Charan Singh Colony, Govind Nagar, and Anil Khanna (alias Sunny) from Shastri Nagar, Kakadeo, who holds an intermediate qualification.
Jatin had recruited Saurabh with promises of swift earnings, who then brought Anil into the operations, said the ADCP. Anil used to establish bank accounts nationwide for receiving fraudulent funds, Saurabh managed the procurement of devices, mobile phones, SIM cards, and handled OTP access while Jatin maintained direct communication with their overseas handlers and supervised profit distribution.
A case under the IT Act has been registered against the trio. They were presented before the court on Thursday, followed by imprisonment.