New Delhi : A fake call center has been busted in Noida, adjacent to the national capital Delhi. In this action, the police have arrested two former insurance agents. They are accused of cheating crores of rupees by selling fake loans and insurance policies. Police said that both these accused named Ashish and Jitendra used to work in SBI Life Insurance in 2019. After leaving the job, they bought the data of about 10 thousand people from Indiamart for Rs 2500 and then started cheating by calling these people on the pretext of giving loans and insurance. This fraud business was running on the fourth floor of a building located in Sector 51, Noida. Police have arrested 11 people in this case, including nine women.
Fake call center exposed in Noida
It is being told that this fake call center was running for more than a year. The 9 women caught used to call people by introducing themselves as executives in the call center. They first used to give information about fake loans and insurance policies to people and when the customers got trapped, the whole game was over. Police said that the gang members used to buy SIM cards through fake Aadhar cards and used them to hide their identity.
Customers were lured with false promises and high returns
The accused involved in the fraud used to first trap people by luring them with high returns on loans and attractive insurance policies. The gang worked on commission basis, that is, the more people were cheated, the more money was earned. The money received from the victims was deposited in the Punjab National Bank account of a person named Arvind from Karnataka. Arvind used to get Rs 10,000 every month for renting this account. After this, Ashish and Jitendra used to withdraw money using debit cards in Noida.
Police recovered the black diary
During the raid, the police recovered a black diary from Ashish. This diary contains details of every transaction made during this illegal business that has been going on for a year. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Shakti Mohan Awasthi said that the officers of CRT and the local Sector 49 police station conducted a joint operation and busted this gang. He said that a case has been registered against this gang in a similar case in Ranchi as well.
Two former insurance agents used to play this game
The DCP said that the accused Ashish and Jitendra started this fraud in 2019 after getting a job in SBI Life Insurance. They bought the data of about 10 thousand people from India Mart for Rs 2500 and started calling people across India on the pretext of giving loans and insurance. The police have identified the arrested people as the main accused Ashish Kumar alias Amit and Jitendra Verma alias Abhishek. The nine women arrested have also been identified. An FIR has been registered in the case under the provisions of the new Indian Justice Code and all the accused have been sent to judicial custody.
