Cyber investment fraud network का बड़ा खुलासा!
Dwarka District Cyber Police ने Noida से 3 आरोपियों को गिरफ्तार किया है।
आरोपियों के पास से 40 मोबाइल फोन, 146 SIM cards, 86 debit cards और 3 laptops समेत कई banking documents बरामद हुए।
शिकायतकर्ता से कथित तौर पर 5.50 लाख रुपये beneficiary accounts में transfer कराए गए थे।
अब money trail और दूसरे associates की जांच जारी है!”
PRESS RELEASE
DWARKA DISTRICT
DATED: 22.09.2026
CYBER INVESTMENT FRAUD NETWORK BUSTED, 03 ACCUSED ARRESTED FROM NOIDA, UP WITH 40 MOBILE PHONES, 146 SIM CARDS, 86 DEBIT CARDS, 03 LAPTOPS AND OTHER DIGITAL/BANKING DOCUMENTS RECOVERED BY THE CYBER POLICE STATION, DWARKA DISTRICT.
• 40 MOBILE PHONES, 146 SIM CARDS, 86 DEBIT CARDS, 03 LAPTOPS, 28 CHEQUE BOOKS, 18 PASSBOOKS/WELCOME LETTERS, 03 PASSPORTS, ₹1,09,200/- CASH AND 01 WI-FI ROUTER RECOVERED.
• ACCUSED PERSONS ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN OPERATING BANK ACCOUNTS AND DIGITAL DEVICES USED IN CYBER FINANCIAL FRAUD.
• ₹5.50 LAKH ALLEGEDLY TRANSFERRED BY COMPLAINANT TO BENEFICIARY ACCOUNTS.
• MULTIPLE BANK ACCOUNTS, SIM CARDS AND DIGITAL DEVICES UNDER ANALYSIS TO TRACE THE COMPLETE MONEY TRAIL AND OTHER ASSOCIATES.
INTRODUCTION:-
In pursuance of the Strict Policy of Sh. Kushal Pal Singh, IPS - DCP/Dwarka District, Against Cyber Crime, the dedicated team of PS Cyber, Dwarka District has busted a cyber-financial fraud network and arrested three accused persons.
The action was taken during investigation of e-FIR No. 485/2026 dated 19.07.2026, U/s 318(4)/319/ 61 (2) & 3(5) BNS, Cyber Police Station, Dwarka District, Delhi.
During the search, a substantial quantity of digital devices, SIM cards, debit cards and banking material was recovered, including 40 mobile phones, 146 SIM cards, 86 debit cards, 03 laptops, 28 cheque books, 18 passbooks/welcome letters, Rs. 1,09,200/- cash, 01 Wi-Fi router and 03 passports.
BRIEF DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT:-
The present case was registered on the complaint of a resident of Sector-16, Dwarka, New Delhi, who alleged that during June 2026, while scrolling through a social media platform, she came across an investment-related advertisement/link.
On clicking the link, she was added to a Telegram group namely “Funds Invest”, where the members/admins allegedly shared investment tips and induced her to invest in the share market by promising exceptionally high returns.
Thereafter, one of the accused persons contacted the complainant through WhatsApp and explained various investment plans. The accused persons also provided bank account details for depositing the investment amount.
Under the influence of such inducement and assurances, the complainant transferred Rs. 3,00,000/- on 16.07.2026 to an account maintained with Utkarsh Small Finance Bank.
Subsequently, she transferred another Rs. 2,50,000/- on 19.07.2026 to an account maintained with DCB Bank. Thus, an amount of Rs. 5,50,000/- was transferred by the complainant to the accounts provided by the accused persons.
Subsequently a case vide e-FIR No. 485/2026 dated 19.07.2026, U/s 318(4)/319/ 61 (2) & 3(5) BNS, was registered at Cyber Police Station, Dwarka District, Delhi.
During investigation, the beneficiary of the DCB Bank account was traced and technical as well as financial leads were developed.
On the basis of these leads, a raid was conducted at a residential Group Housing Society, Sector-137, Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh, where three accused persons were apprehended.
TEAM & OPERATIONS:-
On receiving the complaint, the matter was taken into cognizance and investigation was initiated by the team of Cyber Police Station, Dwarka District and constituted a team comprising SI Vijay Kumar, HC Manoj Kumar, HC Sumit Kumar and HC Shri Ram was constituted under close supervision of Insp. Sandeep Tushir, SHO/Cyber Police Station, Sh. Subhash Malik, ACP/Operation and under overall supervision of the undersigned.
During investigation, the police team conducted technical analysis of the available mobile numbers, beneficiary bank accounts and other digital/financial leads.
The analysis led the police team to the aforesaid premises at Sector-137, Noida.
A raid was accordingly conducted at the premises, resulting in the apprehension of the following three accused persons-
1. Piyush Bala.
2. Bharath G. Poojary.
3. Suraj Kumar.
MODUS OPERANDI:-
During investigation and interrogation, the accused persons disclosed that they had come into contact with other accused persons through Instagram.
As per their disclosure, they were engaged in activities relating to account login and payment verification and allegedly provided them with mobile devices and banking material including passbooks, cheque books, welcome kits, ATM/debit cards and SIM cards.
The recovered material indicates the presence of a large number of bank-related instruments and digital devices. The same are being examined to establish their linkage with beneficiary accounts, mobile numbers, online communications and suspected fraudulent transactions.
RECOVERIES:-
• 40 mobile phones, including mobile phones allegedly used in connection with the fraudulent activities.
• 146 mobile SIM cards of different telecom service providers.
• 86 debit cards of various banks.
• 03 laptops.
• 28 cheque books linked with various bank accounts.
• 18 passbooks/welcome letters relating to various bank accounts.
• Rs. 1,09,200/- cash.
• 01 Wi-Fi router along with adaptor.
• 03 passports.
The recovered mobile phones, SIM cards, laptops, debit cards, passbooks, cheque books, bank documents and Wi-Fi router are being examined and correlated with the financial transactions and digital evidence collected during investigation.
• 06 NCRP complaint were found registered in different stats (Delhi, Kerala, Maharashtra, and Karnataka) against the accounts received from the possession of the accused persons and the cheated amount in these complaints is approx. Rs. 4,00,000/-.
• Efforts are also being made to trace and apprehend the remaining associates.
ACCUSED PROFILE:-
1. Piyush Bala R/o Jaitpur, Delhi, aged 28 years.
• Head of the team and collected the bank details, login details, sim card, passbooks, Debit Cards.
2. Bharath G. Poojary R/o Udupi, Karnataka, aged 32 years.
• Logged the bank details in the mobile phones, gives accused to the co-accused persons.
3. Suraj Kumar R/o Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, aged 24 years.
• Prepared the transactions summary and sent to other co-accused persons.
Further investigation in the matter is in progress.
(KUSHAL PAL SINGH) IPS,
DY. COMMISSIONER OF POLICE,
DWARKA DISTRICT, DELHI.