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Man with many names: He posed as a journalist, cheated over 100 people by promising jobs with global firms
The arrested accused allegedly operated an office in Noida, employed two assistants, and ran a YouTube channel.
The police said that Ahmed, during interrogation, revealed he also owned a YouTube channel, TODAY Jobs Noida (Express Photo )
The Noida police Wednesday arrested a 36-year-old man who allegedly posed as a journalist and duped over 100 people by promising them jobs at several multinational companies.
“The accused has been identified as Wasim Ahmed, a native of Bijnor currently residing in the Ecotech-3 area of Gautam Buddh Nagar. The Sector-63 police arrested him,” said Shakti Mohan Avasthy, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central Noida.
According to the police, more than 200 visiting cards, interview forms, job-related documents, two mobile phones, and a Wagon R car have been recovered from his possession.
Avasthy said the arrest was made after the police received a complaint on April 26 from a man, Yogendra, at Noida’s Sector-63 police station. He said he was duped by a ‘so-called’ journalist who promised to get him a job. “Based on local intelligence, the police nabbed Ahmed,” said Avasthy.
According to the police, during the investigation, they discovered that Ahmed went by several names, including Ravindra Sharma, Kapil Bhati, Piyush Bhati, Rohit Kumar, Rohit Chandela and Rahul Bhati.
“For the last six months, Ahmed ran an office in Noida’s Sector-81 and employed two women, whom he paid Rs 12,000 a month and cheated unemployed youth on the pretext of getting them jobs at companies like Samsung, Oppo, Vivo, Haier, and LG, among several others,” said the DCP.
The police said that Ahmed, during interrogation, revealed he also owned a YouTube channel, TODAY Jobs Noida, where he advertised vacancies, and youths would reach his office in search of jobs. “He would charge them registration and certain file charges, then, after taking their fake interviews, give them fake appointment letters from companies like Samsung, Oppo, Vivo, Haier, LG, etc.,” said Avasthy.
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“When these people would discover they had not gotten a job with the promised company and would call him, Ahmed would switch off his phone. If those duped people visited his office, he would make excuses and scare them away by calling himself a journalist,” the DCP said.
The DCP said Ahmed has a criminal history and previously served prison sentences twice, having been implicated in similar cases at Sector-49 and Sector-20, respectively.
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