Chinese loan fraud call centre busted by Delhi police

 Delhi police has arrested 18 persons including seven women and busted a Chinese loan fraud call centre operating under the guise of prominent finance companies in the national Capital, an official said on Friday. According to police, a complaint on MHA Cyber Crime Reporting Portal was received in Cyber North police station in which the complainant, a resident of Manju Ka Tila, alleged that on February 25, a call was received on the complainant’s mobile from a woman who threatened him saying, your daughter has taken a loan of Rs 3,500 which you should deposit through the link, otherwise your daughter’s nude photo will be made viral. “After that someone edited his daughter’s photo with an obscene photo and sent it to the complainant’s WhatsApp number,” said Sagar Singh Kalsi, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (North). In that picture, indecent words like “XXXXX, one night only 3000” were used, along with the phone numbers of the complainant and his daughter. During the investigation, the technical analysis of call detail records and money trail was carried out and surveillance of suspect mobile numbers which zeroed on the location of alleged calling number Sangam Vihar, Delhi. “A raid was conducted in Sangam Vihar area and one Renu was apprehended, who revealed that she is working at a call centre, which is situated at East Kailash. The details provided by the woman matched with the day time location of the suspect number,” said the official. (IANS)

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