4 who extorted money under guise of giving loans via Chinese app held

In a coordinated raid by cyber crime police in Gurgaon, four persons were arrested for their alleged involvement in extorting money on the pretext of providing small loans through Chinese-funded loan applications.

Police said the accused, Deepak, Sakshi Sethia, Ankit Kumar and Divyansh Kumar, had been running fake call centres in Gurgaon and Noida, and added that the gang had been active in Gurgaon since July 2021 and had disbursed micro loans to over 1 lakh people across the country.

Police said the accused worked as shareholders, dummy directors and management staff in the company.