Online Trading Scam: Delhi CMO falls victim, loses Rs 2 lakh

New Delhi: The Chief medical officer (CMO) of Aruna Asaf Ali Hospital fell prey to a share market investment scam, losing Rs 2 lakh to three cyber-criminals. Delhi Police officials announced the arrest of the cyber-criminals from Haryana on Tuesday.   

Police identified them as Yajuvender Singh (38) of Gurugram and Hisar residents Gaurav Jain (36) and Amit Garg (38).

According to a PTI report, In his complaint filed at the north district cyber police station, the complainant said he came in touch with Yajuvender Singh through Telegram and WhatsApp for a share market course and paid Rs 12,500 as course fees and advisory services through a WhatsApp group, Deputy Commissioner of Police (north) Manoj Kumar Meena said.

The complainant fell for the trap and transferred Rs 2.02 lakh. Once the transfer was complete, the man blocked the complainant’s number, following which police was informed, the DCP said.

He said police analysed call detail records of almost 100 mobile numbers and IMEIs and investigated the money trail.

“Police mounted continuous surveillance of suspected mobile numbers… zeroed in on the location of one of the accused in Gurugram. On June 13, a raid was conducted and Yajuvender Singh apprehended,” the DCP said, news agency PTI reported.

Police arrested Jain and Garg based on information revealed by Singh, he added.

Four laptops, mobile phones, wi-fi routers, chequebooks, passbooks, SIM cards, ledgers and registers have been seized, the DCP added.

Medical Dilaogues team had earleir reported that in a cyber fraud case, a city-based doctor reportedly lost Rs 76 Lakhs on the pretext of getting huge returns on stock market investment. Following this, the doctor filed a complaint at the cybercrime police station and a probe has been initiated into this matter.