A sextortion trap costs a 71-year-old Delhi doctor Rs 8.6 lakh, and two people are arrested
NEW DELHI: A sextortion gang in east Delhi claimed the life of a 71-year-old doctor. According to authorities, the con artists threatened to share a video of him with a lady in a sexually suggestive pose over the phone in order to get Rs 8.6 lakh from him.
According to authorities, Mahfuz (39) and Aamir Khan (26), two suspects, were apprehended from Mewat, Rajasthan, for allegedly conducting the racket. They were also discovered to be connected to 25 instances around the nation.
According to a senior police official, the doctor filed a complaint with the police alleging that he was filmed in a compromising position during a WhatsApp video conversation and that fraudsters threatened to post the footage on social media in order to extract a significant amount of money from him. To solve the case, many teams were assembled.
Our investigation revealed that many bank accounts in Punjab, Maharashtra, and Haryana received the pilfered funds. Interestingly, without the required Know Your Customer (KYC) verification, all of these digitally generated accounts were established with the express intent of collecting monies earned via fraud, according to the deputy commissioner of police (east) Apoorva Gupta.
The Mewat region of Rajasthan was found during the inquiry after the fraudsters’ usage of cellphone numbers to contact the complaint was examined. The DCP said, “A raid was conducted, and the two accused were nabbed,” adding that the accused had retrieved seven phones and eleven SIM cards that had been used in the sextortion. Additionally, two incriminating videos of the complainant were seized.
To apprehend other gang members, further research was being done. According to authorities, the suspects were led and instigated into this action by three persons who are suspected of being engaged in previous sextortion offenses.
The suspects were connected to 25 cyber fraud cases from Bihar, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Delhi, according to the police. These links were made by looking at transactions connected to bank accounts.
