A 30-year-old man duped thousands of people online in 10 states, and more than 200 FIRs were registered. Rajasthan police arrested him in 'Operation Anti-Virus'.
Jaipur. Cybercrime is increasing rapidly in the country. Thousands of cases of cybercrime have been reported in Rajasthan in the year 2024, but the biggest case among them is very shocking. A 30-year-old boy dodged the police of nine other states besides Rajasthan, but he has now been caught by the Rajasthan Police. After taking him on remand, strict interrogation was done and now he has been sent to jail.
Police arrested a cunning cyber fraudster Wahid Hussain, who duped thousands of people with the help of fake websites and digital techniques. 30-year-old Wahid, who has studied only till 12th standard, was on the most wanted list of police in five states.
According to the police, Wahid turned to cybercrime during the Corona period. He wrote a story of becoming a millionaire in one and a half years, but there was a web of fraud behind it. Wahid used to lure people to earn Rs 1200-1500 sitting at home by investing Rs 750 through fake websites.
SP Dharmendra Singh Yadav said that under "Operation Anti-Virus" the police laid a trap to catch Wahid. The special team along with Bhimganj police station raided his hideout in Anmol Nagar and arrested him.
Wahid made many shocking revelations during interrogation. He duped thousands of people using fake websites, debit cards, scanners, pen drives and other technical equipment. Police recovered 29 debit/credit cards, 9 scanners, 11 bank passbooks, 3 pen drives, 1 card reader, 5 SIM cards and other documents from him.
The police have received information about 223 FIRs and 10,036 complaints against Wahid. A fake QR code-named "Global Books" has also been recovered, which was used for cyber fraud. The police are now investigating Wahid's bank pool account.
Not only in Rajasthan, Wahid has also committed cyber fraud in Orissa, Uttarakhand, MP, UP and Maharashtra. The state police were searching for him for a long time. Now the information about his arrest is being sent to the concerned states. It has also come to light that apart from these five states, Wahid has targeted 10 states including Delhi and Bengal. There are cases of fraud in some states.
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