Delhi Police have busted an interstate cyber fraud gang and arrested four accused who allegedly duped people by luring them with fake part-time job offers shared via WhatsApp and Telegram, police said on Saturday.
The breakthrough came after a 32-year-old fashion designing student from Subzi Mandi, was cheated out of Rs 90,800.
Following her complaint, a special team from the Cyber Police Station, North District, launched a three-day operation across Haryana and Rajasthan, leading to the arrest of four accused.
The complainant, a resident of Subzi Mandi, had received a WhatsApp message offering a part-time job with attractive payouts. Initially, she was paid small sums for completing minor tasks.
She was then added to a Telegram group where a woman contacted her, took her bank details, and assigned further tasks.
Encouraged by the initial payments, the complainant was convinced to invest Rs 5,000 to earn more.
When the promised return didn’t come through, she was told to pay Rs 25,900 more to release her earnings.
She eventually ended up transferring Rs 90,800 before realising she had been scammed.
A case was registered at Cyber Police Station North, and a special team under the guidance of ACP Ratan Pal, began investigations.
The team conducted technical analysis of over 100 mobile numbers, tracked IMEIs, and followed a complex money trail through several bank accounts.
Three days of continuous raids were carried out across 1,800 km in Haryana and Rajasthan.
On June 20, two accused—Anshul Kumar (20) and Sandeep (19) from Sonipat—were arrested.
Their interrogation led the team to Jodhpur, where two more—Rajender alias Raju (23) and Ravindra Beda alias Rakesh (20)—were apprehended on June 22.
Investigations revealed that Anshul and Sandeep sold their bank accounts to Raju and Rakesh, who then passed them on to another accused, Vijay Kumar alias Vicky Bishnoi.
The accused used Wi-Fi-connected devices without SIMs and operated entirely via Telegram and WhatsApp to remain untraceable.
They used fake Telegram IDs to lure people, deleted chat histories, and eventually converted scammed funds into cryptocurrency (USDT).
Four mobile phones, five SIM cards, and two bank passbooks were recovered. Accounts linked to the fraud have been frozen, including Rs 30,000 belonging to the complainant.
Police have found at least 15 similar complaints tied to the same accounts in other districts and states.
Delhi Police said efforts are underway to identify and arrest more members of the
network and recover the defrauded money.
