SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Feb 28: Deoghar district police have arrested two cybercriminals for duping Rs 82 lakh from an Indian-origin Australian in the name of a fake registered company.
Deoghar cyber deputy superintendent of police Sumit Prasad said that both the fraudsters have been identified as Rajiv Ranjan Kumar and Digbijay Sarkar. They were arrested from the Williams Town area under the Deoghar Sadar police station. Rajiv Ranjan Kumar is a resident of the Mahadev Simaria area of Sikandra police station in Jamui district of Bihar.
“Both fraudsters after registering a fake company in the name of Blog Battalion Pvt Ltd duped Rs 82 from Shaji John, an Indian origin living in Melbourne ( Australia ), Both the cybercriminals being director s of the company lured Shaji John on the offer of 100% Return on Investment (ROI) for investment through cryptocurrency,” said the police official.
DSP Prasad said that both the accused were arrested after the victim lodged a complaint to Deoghar superintendent of police (SP) Dhananjay Kumar Singh through the mail. Both of them have been arrested based on using fake documents. “An FIR under IPC Sections 419,420, 467, 468 471/10 B and 66 (B) 66 (C) 66 (D)/ 84 (C) of ITI Act has been lodged,” he said.
Police also seized six mobile phones, 10 SIM cards, 22 ATM cards, two credit cards, three laptops, four checkbooks, and one passbook from them.
Officials said that the Deoghar police have arrested around 1,000 cybercriminals for cheating people but this case was different from them in duping people in the name of cryptocurrency investment benefit.
