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Authorities nab two members of international gang involved in money laundering of over Rs one billion 

Sunday, 27 February 2022 | PNS | Dehradun

A joint team of Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) and Cyber Crime Police has arrested two accused including an alleged film producer for money laundering and cyber crime from Bhopal. According to the STF, the accused have connections with other gang members in Cambodia, Singapore and Hong Kong and the authorities have found evidence that shows the transactions of over Rs one billion which was possibly collected through cyber fraud conducted across the country. One of the accused has allegedly claimed to be investing in the screenings of Hindi and English films but the officials are looking into it. 

The officials informed that the two accused- Rachit Sharma (45) and Suresh Yadav (45) are residents of Bhopal and are part of the gang that commits cyber frauds using fake websites created by their accomplices in the aforementioned foreign countries to lure people to invest their money to get huge profits. The STF had also arrested one of their gang members from near the Pakistan border in Punjab last month which helped the authorities to nab these two men, as per the STF. The authorities have also contacted the State Bank of Mauritius after reaching Bhopal to investigate the transaction that revealed money laundering and how the accused were sending money to other countries through the fake investment after duping people here. 

The officials informed that the team has recovered 15 ATM cards and many electronic devices as evidence from the possession of the accused. The team has also confiscated three mobile phones, 203 debit cards, four laptops, a vehicle and fake documents of several bank accounts. Besides this, the authorities have also frozen the amount of about Rs 15 lakh available in the bank accounts of both accused. The STF said that the matter is still under investigation and the team is interrogating both the accused. It is pertinent to mention here that the STF started the investigation after the gang members allegedly scammed Rs 15 lakh from a Dehradun resident.

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