Cyber crime: Cops book 6 for theft of US citizens’ money,bank details

The DCB claims an American,identified as Brayan Jones,would steal bank details of those US citizens who had applied for loans. He would pass the details to Jay in Ahmedabad who,in turn,would supplying the data to his fellow racketeers in Rajkot. These people in Rajkot would contact the US nationals via Internet,telling them their loan have been sanctioned. They would ask them to deposit $100 to 200 in a Vanilla Reload Card towards charges and processing fees.

After getting the money,Jones would send it to Jay,who in turn would send Amit,Kishor and Jaywadan their share,police said. The group allegedly used faked IDs on Skype,an instant messaging service that works on a voice-over IP platform,to contact unsuspecting victims.

Police also claim Amit,Kishor and Jaywadan were running the racket for the past six months and had duped 1,500 persons of approximately Rs 30 lakh ($41,000 approx),but a second group,comprising Ravi and Jaydip,did not have meet with much success. They had joined the network recently,police said.

The DCB raided two premises in the city on Friday night and arrested five persons — Amit Patel,Kishor Patel,Jaywadan Bhojani,Ravi Bhalani and Jaydip Rachhadia.

“For the initial three months, Amit,Kishor and Jaywadan believed they were just running a call centre and were getting paid for their services. But even after they came to know that it was illegal as bank loans were not sanctioned as per data provided by Jay,they continued their practice for the sake of money,” the inspector said.

All these men are in their early 20s and were looking to start some business after completing their studies,the police said. A local court had on Saturday remanded them in police custody for two days.

Police have booked all of them for cyber crime and fraud.