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New Delhi: The Delhi Police has busted a cyber gang, who used to take loans from banks and credit cards using the details of big celebrities. According to the Delhi Police, they have so far committed a fraud of Rs 50 lakh. Investigation revealed that they have used the details of 20 big celebrities. These celebrities include MS Dhoni, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Sachin Tendulkar, Saif Ali Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Alia Bhatt, Shilpa Shetty and other celebrities.
This gang committed cyber fraud in the name of more than 20 high profile celebrities including Sachin Tendulkar, Alia Bhatt, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Himesh Reshammiya, Sunil Shetty, Aishwarya Rai. Delhi Police East Cyber Cell has arrested 5 accused in this case.
The arrested accused perpetrated the fraud by making fake government identity cards, such as Aadhaar card, PAN card, in the name of a well-known celebrity.
One of the arrested accused has done B.Tech. Delhi Police DCP Shahdara, Rohit Meen informed that Delhi Police fraudulently defrauded banks using details of MS Dhoni, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Sachin Tendulkar, Saif Ali Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Alia Bhatt, Shilpa Shetty and other celebrities. The gang involved in cheating of more than Rs 50 lakh has been busted. Delhi Police has exposed the gang by arresting many important members of the gang.
Police arrested these five gang accused
Delhi Police sources said that the five accused have been identified as Puneet, Mohammad Asif, Sunil Kumar, Pankaj Mishra and Vishwa Bhaskar Sharma. They worked together to cheat the company in a very unusual way. A source said, after the arrest, when the accused were interrogated, they told how this fraud was carried out.
The accused used the GST details of celebrities on Google. They knew that the first two digits of GSTIN are the state code and the next 10 digits are the PAN number.
The date of birth of these celebrities was also available on Google… By getting the PAN number and date of birth, they got the necessary PAN details, the source said. He fraudulently got the PAN card re-manufactured and affixed his photograph on it so that during video verification his face would match with the photograph available on the PAN/Aadhaar card. The source said that for example, Abhishek Bachchan’s PAN card had his PAN number and date of birth, but had the photograph of one of the accused.
The Pune-based company has said in the complaint lodged with the police, FPL Technologies Pvt Ltd issues One Card, which is a contactless credit card. Along with this, online services are also provided through One Card and One Score app, so that customers can use it for online transactions or purchases on any website or app.
The company alleged that these fraudsters had approached the company through the app by uploading details such as PAN and Aadhaar numbers to get credit cards issued in their names.
