Ghaziabad gang busted for cyber fraud, 6 arrested

WITH THE arrest of six persons on Monday, the cyber police said on Friday said that it has busted a gang from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh that allegedly made fraudulent phone calls to people and duped them on the pretext of renewing their insurance policies.

The police said some of the accused had worked in call centres affiliated to insurance companies and managed to secure the data of policy-holders. The six were arrested in connection to a case where a Dahisar-based man lost Rs 44 lakh.

“Between 2016 and 2020, the accused posed as insurance agents and sold eight policies to a Dahisar-based person.