Mumbai, August 27: The Ahmedabad police's Cyber Crime Cell arrested two scamsters involved in creating morphed images of a man. The complainant used a loan app to get money but could not repay it. The Ahmedabad Mirror reported that arrested persons have been identified as Vijaykumar Kumbhar, aged 38, hailing from Pune, and Gauravsingh Madneshsingh from Noida. Both accused are originally from Uttar Pradesh.
The report said that the police seized a total of four mobile phones and two laptops that the scammers employed to morph the complainant's image and subsequently spread it widely on WhatsApp. Deputy Commissioner of Police Ajit Rajian, who heads the Cybercrime Cell, stated that the man who filed the complaint had taken loans via loan apps with origins in China. These applications are then circulated to cybercriminals operating in the northern regions of India. Senior Citizen Sextortion Scam: Man Arrested From Rajasthan for Using Nude WhatsApp Video Call Trick to Extort Money, Mobile Phones With Screenshots of Victims Seized.
“When the complainant could not repay the loan within the stipulated time, the accused called him on WhatsApp and threatened to morph his pictures and make them viral if he failed to return the money,” Rajian told the media outlet. He added that the suspects continuously harassed the complainant with verbal abuse, eventually driving him to seek help from the police. Assistant Commissioner of Police Jeetendra Yadav, in charge of the Cyber Crime Cell, explained that by conducting a technical analysis of the phone numbers used by the perpetrators, they successfully traced the pair to Noida. Maharashtra Shocker: Two Brothers Held for Using Girl’s Face on Nude Photos and Posting Them Online, Police Suspect Use of Artificial Intelligence.
Telangana Police on August 23 busted a loan app harassment and fraud racket linked to Chinese operatives. The police seized three laptops, six mobile phones, 18 SIM cards, a debit card and Rs. 1.50 lakh in cash from them. They arrested five persons, Ashuthosah Mishra, Saini, Prashanth Kumar, Prince Pal and Vikas Sharma, all residents of Haryana. The police investigation into the racket began after a man, Abdul Bari, who obtained a loan of Rs.10,500, was forced to pay Rs.2.49 lakh to the fraudsters.
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