Man with many names: He posed as a journalist, cheated over 100 people by promising jobs with global firms

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.

“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.