Bengaluru: Police have arrested three accused who were running a fake website in the name of a well-known Bangalore-based organization.
According to police sources, CEN police of North East Division have managed to arrest three accuseds who were defrauding the public by opening a fake website in the name of VRL Movers and Packers. DCP Dr. Anoop A. Shetty said that Brahmadev Yadav (25 years old), Mukesh Kumar Yadav (20 years old) and Vijay Kumar Yadav (22 years old) from Bihar are the arrested accused.
A person went to Google and typed the keywords packers and movers to send his two wheeler from city to ocean and found a fake website in the name of VRL Movers and Packers. Believing it to be a legitimate website, the accused called the mobile number on it and told them to pay Rs 1,000 first. After the complainant paid Rs 1,000, both the persons came to the complainant’s house and packed the two-wheeler and left. The next day, the accused sent a bill to the complainant’s mobile via WhatsApp, asking him to pay 8,000 or else he would not give the vehicle. In this regard, an operation was conducted based on the complaint and the accused were arrested near Yeshwantpur.
During the investigation of the website in the name of different organizations
, the accused revealed that he had created a website in the name of VRL and in the name of different website of Packers and Movers and at first they asked for less money and once they got the material, they asked for more money and extorted money. 1 two-wheeler and mobiles were seized from the accused. CEN Police Inspector Santosh Ram and his staff have carried out this successful operation.
After creating the fake website, the accused share the website links and contact numbers on social media and online portals. Recently, an employee of a private company offered to deliver a bike to Sagar in Shimoga. 1000 for the service. was scheduled. Two days later, the accused called him and threatened to dispose of the bike if he refused to pay, and tried to extort 8,000. A complaint has been lodged with the CEN police.
The accused were from a house running a fake website and issuing false transaction receipts. During interrogation, the accused confessed that they used to cheat people to earn easy money.
