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Rourkela Police has busted an international cyber crime racket based out of South-east Asian countries and having links to various Asian countries. Senior officials informed that so far around 14 arrests were made between January and August in 2024 and most had gone to Cambodia and were involved in the racket.
The case has international ramifications, having links to stock market fraud, fraud using dating apps, cryptocurrency, human trafficking, cyber slavery and posing a threat to National Security, the senior officials said.
Earlier, a senior officer in the central government had filed a complaint alleging a fraud to the tune of Rs. 67,70,000 in a Fake Trading App in the name of a genuine SEBI Registered entity INDIRA securities.
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What Probe Revealed?
It was ascertained that the prime concern was that of cyber slavery of more than 1000 Indians who are unable to come back due to movement, monetary and passport restrictions by these large-scale cyber crime corporations.
They have a well-established network of agents in India, who provide them with pre-activated sims, mule bank accounts and most importantly, Indian youth in search of better opportunities, who are misguided into joining “IT firm” and end up working in cyber crime corporations.
During the course of the investigation, fourteen persons were arrested from different parts of the country and three persons were brought on remand from Uttarakhand.
Meanwhile, Look Out Circulars have also been issued against more than 15 people involved in the scam.
Based on the Look Out Circular, the Odisha Crime Branch and the Uttar Pradesh Police managed to nab a key accused on December 28, 2024. The accused has worked in multiple roles in Cambodia and India.
Over 500 complaints from across India were identified as per the data from JCCT Management Information System (JMIS) of l4C, MHA, majorly from Bihar, Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, NCT of Delhi, Kerala, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand.
