A Ramjas College student’s Rs.6,500 online shopping complaint led Delhi Police to seven arrests and three suspected shell firms allegedly linked to a Rs.30-crore cyber fraud network.
A Delhi University student’s complaint about a failed online clothing order has led police to an alleged cyber-fraud network suspected of routing around Rs.30 crore in proceeds through shell companies and bank accounts.
Fatima, a second-year student at Ramjas College, came across an Instagram advertisement for a women’s clothing seller named ‘Kavya_kurti_hub’ in June. After selecting a kurta, she was redirected to WhatsApp and placed an order worth Rs. 799, paying Rs. 400 in advance through a QR code.
Police said the seller then demanded additional payments on various pretexts. Fatima was allegedly asked to pay Rs.1,150 as a refundable charge for generating a code, followed by payments of Rs.2,000, Rs.2,650 and Rs/.650. The parcel was never delivered, and the money was not refunded. After losing Rs.6,500, she approached the Cyber Police.
The investigation, led by ACP Vishesh Dhatterwal and Additional DCP Ram Dulesh Meena, followed the payment trail through Pine Labs Merchant to a Canara Bank account linked to Kizentech Solutions Pvt. Ltd. in Greater Noida. Police said the account was connected to Aditya Mishra and Udit Pratap Singh Bhadauriya.
A raid at a Greater Noida premises led to the arrest of six men– Aditya Mishra, Ayush Verma, Abhishek Pal, Himanshu Rana, Rahul Kumar and Gaurav Pandey. Police said searches uncovered three suspected shell companies, Kizentech Solutions, Executive Edge and Nexcore, along with mobile phones, SIM cards, banking documents and other electronic devices. Bhadauriya was later arrested in Kanpur on October 10, taking the total number of arrests to seven.
According to investigators, Pandey, a BBA graduate, was the alleged mastermind. Police said Mishra, Bhadauriya, Verma, and Pal established fake firms and opened current accounts, while Rana and Kumar allegedly supplied account documents and kits in exchange for monthly payments of Rs.25,000. The accounts were then allegedly passed to intermediaries for commissions and used to receive and transfer money linked to cyber fraud.
Delhi Police advises people who experience financial cyber fraud to report it promptly through the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal or helpline no.1930. The Delhi Police Cyber Crime Cell also provides online safety guidance.
Aarushi Chaubey
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