Uttar Pradesh’s Cyber Crime Police on Friday (13th June) arrested two people named Ahmed Nawaz and Aman in connection with an online fruit and vegetable trading scam
The raids are reportedly related to the investigation of an embezzlement of funds worth crores from the Karnataka Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Limited (KVSTDCL).
The accused, named Rahul Kumar Sah, had set up a fake camp in Batauna village of Mohini Panchayat of Kasba police station area, where he used to sit wearing a police uniform and used that to deceive people.
These men were reportedly employed in place of women under the scheme, and misleading attendance photos were uploaded to show that women labourers were provided employment.
The ED arrested Vuenow Group CEO Sukhvinder Singh Kharour and his wife, Dimple, for a ₹3,558 crore Ponzi scheme involving fraudulent "cloud particle" investments.
A 26-year-old Ananthu Krishnan is accused of scamming over 40,000 people in Kerala of Rs 1,000 crores by promising them household appliances at half price.