New Delhi: The Intelligence Fusion & Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Special Cell of Delhi Police said on Sunday that they have busted an entire fraudulent operational setup aimed to extort money from elderly citizens of the US by playing upon fear of hackers.
The accused, identified as Suman Das, Subrat Das, Kunal Singh Gautam, and Amit, were arrested by the police. They are all experts in online cyber fraud.
“Perpetrators approached them on the pretext of online technical support and then engaged them in their skillfully scripted trap of fear, lies, and false promises, which cost the victims their hard-earned 625,000 USD,” said H. G. S. Dhaliwal, the Special Commissioner of Police.
The official said that one Jose Antonio Cordero and Laniwati Tanudjaja of the US made a complaint with IFSO through the US Embassy in India, alleging that they had sought online help from the famous tech support website Geek Squad to resolve problems with their laptop on October 21, 2021.
“On the same day, they received a call from a person introducing himself as John from Geek Squad. He told them that their laptop had been hacked and all their information, including financial data, had been revealed to the hackers. He claimed that their life savings might be stolen by hackers unless funds were immediately transferred to safe accounts. The fraudster John connected the victims to his colleague Austin, introducing him as a technical expert. Both of them convinced the victims to transfer their savings to different overseas accounts to protect it from hackers,” said the official.
IANS