25 aides and a mastermind are accused in an app fraud

Lucknow: The UP STF filed a formal complaint against 26 individuals, including the mastermind Sourabh Chandrakar, a day after arresting the India head of the Mahadeva app Abhay Singh and his accomplice Sanjeev Singh for their participation in a betting scheme and money laundering.

The STF is looking into UP residents’ participation in the fraud. The ED is also looking into the Rs 6,000 crore scandal.

Abhay Singh, Sanjeev Singh, Abhishek Singh, Ravi Pratap Singh, Dheeraj Kumar Gupta, Saurav Pandey, Aman Ahmad, Farhan Ali, Monu Singh, Amresh Singh, Amrendra Singh, Pappu Yadav, Pramod Kumar, Navlesh, Priyanka Kumari, Ram Nagina, Rahul Gupta, Jatin Sharma, Montu Rai, and Abhishek Singh CA are among those named in the FIR.

Apart from Abhay, Sanjeev, and the mastermind Sourabh, the other individuals mentioned are fugitives and are from various Indian states, according to Additional SP, STF, Vishal Vikram Singh. It has become clear from interrogating Abhay that this is a pan-Indian fraud. Additionally, a resident of Dubai named Abhishek Singh gave him instructions to buy fresh SIM cards under the names of the underprivileged and uneducated.

He said that someone named Chetan Joshi from Chhattisgarh, who collaborated with Abhishek, gave him the Universal Product Code. He claimed to have begun transferring 30 to 35 SIM cards to Shubham Soni, a Chhattisgarh resident who collaborated with Abhishek, once a month.

“Everyone mentioned is currently being investigated by the STF, in addition to those whose identities Abhay has stolen,” Singh said.

4,000 SIM cards have reportedly been used for a number of illicit activities, including creating bank accounts, according to the STF’s investigation.

The officer said, “We are looking into the source of the money going into these accounts as well as any other involvement.”