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Delhi Police Nab Fraudster In 20 Lakh Part Time Job Scam

The Delhi police recently arrested a fraudster who lured victims into participating in simple online tasks with the promise of earning large sums of money.

The case began when Akshay Kumar Singh, a Dwarka resident, filed a complaint on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal. Singh reported that on November 23, he received a message on his Telegram account about a part-time job opportunity.

The scammer instructed Singh to create an account on a website for buying and selling cryptocurrency and assigned him prepaid tasks. Singh invested Rs. 20,16,640 in these tasks between November 23 and November 24. However, the scammer disappeared, cheating Singh out of his money.

The Cyber Police in Dwarka registered an FIR and launched an investigation. They discovered that the alleged bank accounts were registered under M/S HS1 Enterprises & Co in Telangana. Using technical surveillance, the police identified and arrested the accused, Lakku Akhileshwar Reddy, on July 11.

Further investigation revealed another suspect, Shiva, who was also involved in the cybercrime. Reddy and Shiva would send part-time job messages and, when someone responded positively, they assigned simple tasks like reviewing restaurants. To lure their targets, they initially sent small amounts of money.

They then offered prepaid tasks, asking victims to deposit money into different bank accounts with the promise of huge returns, which never materialized.

Reddy was produced before the First Class Judicial Magistrate in Dwarka Court, Delhi. The search for co-accused Shiva is ongoing, and further investigation into the case continues.

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Meera Verma

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