Kolkata: The police have arrested 9 individuals in two separate circumstances of funding fraud carried out via both WhatsApp or Telegram apps or managed from a faux name centre.
One Adarsh Sonkar from Burrabazar space was arrested on Friday evening for allegedly duping a sufferer of Rs 23.3 lakh on the pretext of providing excessive returns on investments. He has been despatched to police custody until April 30, cops mentioned.Within the second case, a financial institution fraud part group from the detective division arrested eight people in a raid on a faux name centre being run from Arihant Constructing beneath Park Road PS. They allegedly promised bogus insurance coverage returns.
Cops mentioned residents had been investing their hard-earned cash in numerous on-line share buying and selling web sites or making use of for loans on-line. Final week, many victims within the metropolis misplaced Rs 3 crore. Cops have already made the breakthroughs in three circumstances. Usually, the modus operandi used concerned creating two share buying and selling web sites that had required permissions however had been fakes of the unique ones. In each circumstances, cops mentioned they had been hosted from Dubai.
One Adarsh Sonkar from Burrabazar space was arrested on Friday evening for allegedly duping a sufferer of Rs 23.3 lakh on the pretext of providing excessive returns on investments. He has been despatched to police custody until April 30, cops mentioned.Within the second case, a financial institution fraud part group from the detective division arrested eight people in a raid on a faux name centre being run from Arihant Constructing beneath Park Road PS. They allegedly promised bogus insurance coverage returns.
Cops mentioned residents had been investing their hard-earned cash in numerous on-line share buying and selling web sites or making use of for loans on-line. Final week, many victims within the metropolis misplaced Rs 3 crore. Cops have already made the breakthroughs in three circumstances. Usually, the modus operandi used concerned creating two share buying and selling web sites that had required permissions however had been fakes of the unique ones. In each circumstances, cops mentioned they had been hosted from Dubai.
