The Delhi Police‘s Cyber Crime Unit (IFSO) has arrested three gangs of fraudsters who lured victims by making offers to franchisees or dealerships in the name of companies, including jobs site Shine, Shoppers Stop, Dabur India and Indiamart. In a statement, the Delhi Police said the special cell of the IFSO arrested 12 people from across Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Varanasi and Bihar.
Three laptops, 20 mobile phones, SIM cards, ATM cards and check books were recovered from the accused. Special Cell Prashant Gautam said more raids are being conducted to identify and arrest the accused in connection with cases related to other firms as well.
Recently, the Delhi High Court approached the IFSO of the Delhi Police over several trademark and copyright infringement matters involving leading firms including Shine, Shoppers Stop, Dabur India and Indiamart, in which fraudsters created fake profiles of these companies and used them to dupe victims using fake websites and email IDs created in the name of these companies.
Its alleged that some unknown persons have created similar and confusing website names like www.learningshine.com, www.shine02.com, www.webshinejob.com, www.shinerecruiter.com, www.shinecomplaints.com, www.resume- shine. com and email addresses hr.shinerecruiter2@gmail.com and others containing the company’s domain name (www.shine.com). They used to call the victims in the name of the company and duped the public by getting their hard-earned money, the Delhi Police said in a statement.
During the investigation, the team collected the alleged website inputs, fake email IDs and examined them. The team identified seven suspects from across Delhi and Bihar. In another case, the retail chain Shoppers Stop Ltd claimed that unknown persons collected money from victims by posing as company representatives. The accused created a fake website www.shopperstop.co.in and cheated people. The investigation team acting on the FIR arrested one Priyansh Yadav from Varanasi.
In another case, Dabur India also alleged that fake websites like www.daburdistributor.com, www.dapurfranchisee.in and https://daburdistributorships.in were being used to cheat people by promising them Dabur India distributorship. The Delhi Police arrested two people named Kusum and Neelam from the capital.
On the other hand, two people from Mumbai were detained based on an FIR registered by Indiamart, alleging that the accused were reaching out to people through fake calls, SMS and WhatsApp messages, claiming to offer the company’s financial services.
Delhi Police said more raids are being conducted to identify and arrest the accused in connection with cases involving other firms as well. HT Media’s matter was represented by the Shine Legal Team along with Saurabh Kumar, Managing Partner, SK Attorney, Delhi before the Cyber Prevention Detection (CYPAD) of Delhi Police.
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