High Paying Job Scam 25 Indians Forced Into Cyber ​​Fraud in Thailand Two Arrested

In order to earn easily and in a short time, a large number of people are becoming victims of scammers. The last few years have seen a manifold increase in cyber fraud complaints. The latest case has been reported in Mumbai, where police have allegedly arrested two people who duped more than 25 Indians by promising them high-paying jobs in Thailand.

News agency PTI (via NDTVAccording to ), fraudsters lured Indians with high paying jobs and lured them to Laos, where they were forced to commit cyber fraud. The police officer said that two accused have been arrested in this case. One of these agents is Jerry Jacob (46), who is said to be the leader of the racket. The name of his associate has been mentioned as Godfrey Alvares (39). Both were arrested on the complaint of a 23-year-old Indian youth named Siddharth Yadav. Another agent named Sunny is also named in the case registered on March 23.

Yadav, a resident of Mumbai’s Thane area, along with three other victims of the job syndicate, managed to return from Laos with the help of the Indian Embassy in the Southeast Asian country. Yadav told police that he had gone to Thailand in December 2022 in the hope of earning good money, but was taken to a place in Laos near the Thailand border.

The report further states that a police officer says that the accused Jacob, Alvares and Sunny allegedly got Yadav and about two dozen Indians to work in call centers, calling people in Europe, the US and Canada through fake social media accounts. Betrayed.

Yadav said in his complaint that the call centers imposed heavy fines on the employees citing trivial reasons. The complainant said that when he and three others reached the Indian Embassy in Laos for their return, the accused beat them up. The official said that after the intervention of the Indian Embassy, ​​local police rescued Yadav and other youths.