<p>Delhi Police have busted a gang of youths which allegedly extorted money from NRI couples.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police cracked down on a call centre, and 13 computers, laptops, cellphones, internet dongles and several documents showing withdrawal of extorted money through the Western Union Bank were recovered.<br /><br />The gang used the computer systems for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to call up NRIs to extort money. One of the accused worked with a franchise of th Western Union Bank.<br /><br />The accused reportedly zeroed-in on victims by searching their profiles on naukri.com, particularly those who have moved to the United Kingdom.<br /><br />They used the computer application to make spoof calls and threatened to launch a complaint against the victims if they did not oblige to the demand.<br /><br />Amritabh Roy residing in the UK had emailed the Cyber Cell of Economic Offence Wing through an email that his wife Sudeshna Dasgupta had received a call on August 27 from callers who claimed to be officials of United Kingdom Border Agency.<br /><br />They told Dasgupta that she had not fulfilled the immigration formalities in India while leaving for the UK and this amounted to a criminal offence.<br /><br />In order to evade a prosecution, she has to pay a fine of 1,477 pounds, they said.<br />The gang reportedly kept her busy on the cellphone till she transferred the amount. Later, they called back and asked her to give 1,300 pounds as bail bond.<br /><br />The complainant grew suspicious when the gang comprising three-four members called up the second time.<br /><br />She told police the youths were faking British accent and operating from a room with no external noise.<br /><br />An FIR was registered two days later.<br /><br />Police monitored Tilak Nagar branch of Western Union. Pawan Kumar, the franchise operator of the branch, confessed to the crime after sustained interrogation.<br /><br />He revealed that they were running an illegal call centre and cheating couples. Kumar withdrew the money through fake ID proofs.<br /><br />On the instance of Kumar, Gaurav Pingolia and Aman Chhabra were arrested. Both Pingolia and Chhabra are DU graduates.<br /><br />Pingolia started his consultancy Inter Globe Solutions in Shastri Nagar where he eventually started duping NRIs. <br /><br />The accused admitted to using an IP server belonging to Pacific Communication, UK. <br />The victims either transferred funds through Western Union or Money Gram to avoid the supposed arrest, deportation or detention.<br /><br />The money was withdrawn by the agents and forged entries were made in the records to fulfil the guidelines of RBI.<br /> </p>
<p>Delhi Police have busted a gang of youths which allegedly extorted money from NRI couples.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Police cracked down on a call centre, and 13 computers, laptops, cellphones, internet dongles and several documents showing withdrawal of extorted money through the Western Union Bank were recovered.<br /><br />The gang used the computer systems for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) to call up NRIs to extort money. One of the accused worked with a franchise of th Western Union Bank.<br /><br />The accused reportedly zeroed-in on victims by searching their profiles on naukri.com, particularly those who have moved to the United Kingdom.<br /><br />They used the computer application to make spoof calls and threatened to launch a complaint against the victims if they did not oblige to the demand.<br /><br />Amritabh Roy residing in the UK had emailed the Cyber Cell of Economic Offence Wing through an email that his wife Sudeshna Dasgupta had received a call on August 27 from callers who claimed to be officials of United Kingdom Border Agency.<br /><br />They told Dasgupta that she had not fulfilled the immigration formalities in India while leaving for the UK and this amounted to a criminal offence.<br /><br />In order to evade a prosecution, she has to pay a fine of 1,477 pounds, they said.<br />The gang reportedly kept her busy on the cellphone till she transferred the amount. Later, they called back and asked her to give 1,300 pounds as bail bond.<br /><br />The complainant grew suspicious when the gang comprising three-four members called up the second time.<br /><br />She told police the youths were faking British accent and operating from a room with no external noise.<br /><br />An FIR was registered two days later.<br /><br />Police monitored Tilak Nagar branch of Western Union. Pawan Kumar, the franchise operator of the branch, confessed to the crime after sustained interrogation.<br /><br />He revealed that they were running an illegal call centre and cheating couples. Kumar withdrew the money through fake ID proofs.<br /><br />On the instance of Kumar, Gaurav Pingolia and Aman Chhabra were arrested. Both Pingolia and Chhabra are DU graduates.<br /><br />Pingolia started his consultancy Inter Globe Solutions in Shastri Nagar where he eventually started duping NRIs. <br /><br />The accused admitted to using an IP server belonging to Pacific Communication, UK. <br />The victims either transferred funds through Western Union or Money Gram to avoid the supposed arrest, deportation or detention.<br /><br />The money was withdrawn by the agents and forged entries were made in the records to fulfil the guidelines of RBI.<br /> </p>
