<p>Lucknow: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/">Uttar Pradesh</a> Police's STF on Thursday apprehended a couple, who had been evading arrest for nearly 17 years and were wanted for allegedly defrauding several people on the pretext of providing jobs, officials said.</p><p>The couple, Amit Srivastava and Shikha Srivastava, with a combined reward of Rs 1 lakh on their arrests, were held from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, they said.</p><p>According to STF officials, the couple was apprehended from the Shivanta Apartments in Ahmedabad's Vejalpur area. They were wanted in a case registered at the George Town police station in UP's Prayagraj, where they faced charges of fraud and other offenses.</p>.Man loses Rs 1.33 crore in cyber fraud in Karnataka's Udupi.<p>"We had received information that Amit and Shikha Srivastava were hiding in Ahmedabad. Acting on the tip-off, the STF team located and arrested the duo," the STF said in a statement.</p><p>"During interrogation, Amit revealed that in 2007, he and Shikha had founded a company called 'Infocons Consultants Private Limited' in George Town, Prayagraj. Amit served as the Managing Director, and Shikha was the Co-director," it said.</p><p>The company purportedly offered jobs as software developers and engineers, with a monthly salary of Rs 8,500. Job seekers were required to deposit between Rs 80,000 and Rs 1 lakh as 'security money', the agency said.</p>.<p>Amit disclosed that the company promised a three-year work commitment under a 'service agreement', with assurances of salary increments after six months and a return of the security money after three years, it said.</p><p>"However, once they had amassed a significant amount of security deposits, the couple fled with the funds. After fleeing from Prayagraj, the Srivastavas initially moved to Delhi and continued their fraudulent activities," the STF said.</p><p>"For the past six to seven years, they had been residing in a flat they purchased in Ahmedabad's Shivanta Apartments. There, they established another company named 'Gymni Software', which dealt with medical software, and also operated a virtual office in Dubai with 12-15 employees," it added.</p>.<p>The STF said it will present the arrested couple before an additional district sessions judge in Ahmedabad for the execution of transit remand proceedings. </p>
<p>Lucknow: The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/">Uttar Pradesh</a> Police's STF on Thursday apprehended a couple, who had been evading arrest for nearly 17 years and were wanted for allegedly defrauding several people on the pretext of providing jobs, officials said.</p><p>The couple, Amit Srivastava and Shikha Srivastava, with a combined reward of Rs 1 lakh on their arrests, were held from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, they said.</p><p>According to STF officials, the couple was apprehended from the Shivanta Apartments in Ahmedabad's Vejalpur area. They were wanted in a case registered at the George Town police station in UP's Prayagraj, where they faced charges of fraud and other offenses.</p>.Man loses Rs 1.33 crore in cyber fraud in Karnataka's Udupi.<p>"We had received information that Amit and Shikha Srivastava were hiding in Ahmedabad. Acting on the tip-off, the STF team located and arrested the duo," the STF said in a statement.</p><p>"During interrogation, Amit revealed that in 2007, he and Shikha had founded a company called 'Infocons Consultants Private Limited' in George Town, Prayagraj. Amit served as the Managing Director, and Shikha was the Co-director," it said.</p><p>The company purportedly offered jobs as software developers and engineers, with a monthly salary of Rs 8,500. Job seekers were required to deposit between Rs 80,000 and Rs 1 lakh as 'security money', the agency said.</p>.<p>Amit disclosed that the company promised a three-year work commitment under a 'service agreement', with assurances of salary increments after six months and a return of the security money after three years, it said.</p><p>"However, once they had amassed a significant amount of security deposits, the couple fled with the funds. After fleeing from Prayagraj, the Srivastavas initially moved to Delhi and continued their fraudulent activities," the STF said.</p><p>"For the past six to seven years, they had been residing in a flat they purchased in Ahmedabad's Shivanta Apartments. There, they established another company named 'Gymni Software', which dealt with medical software, and also operated a virtual office in Dubai with 12-15 employees," it added.</p>.<p>The STF said it will present the arrested couple before an additional district sessions judge in Ahmedabad for the execution of transit remand proceedings. </p>