Pramesh S Jain & Yogesh K Porwar
The North Division cyber crime police busted an inter-state racket and arrested a gang of 21 people who are cheating the online marketing companies and their customers with fake shipments .
The accused stolen the data of the online marketing companies (Flipkart,Amazon,Meesho and Ajio) to zero in on customers who opt cash on delivery to purchase goods online.
The accused would send fake goods and collected the money.Using the Modus Operandi the accused were operating for the last one year and cheated hundreds of customers worth Rs.70 lakh.
The accused have also cheated the company by returning fake goods and getting the refunds, Shivaprakash Devaraj,DCP,North division,said and added that the accused were also sold the stolen data to many to make money .
Based on a complaint,a team of police led by Inspector, Katyayani Alwa,arrested the accused from Mumbai, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh and seized their bank accounts containing Rs.19. 4 lakh and cash Rs.7.5 lakh along with three laptops,13 mobile phones and a hard disk from them.
