The Delhi Police, which is constantly taking action against cybercrime, has got a big success. The cyber cell has busted an international racket, sitting in several countries including Cambodia, Thailand, Canada and cheating Indians. Three people of this racket have been arrested from Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The accused were cheating millions from people by luring digital arrest and investment.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Nidhin Valson said that under this action, the police also destroyed the session Initiation Protocol (SIP) number and terminal used to root the cheated calls. After the complaint was filed on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) in connection with the fraud of 94 thousand rupees, the police started an investigation, in which this success has been achieved.
The DCP said that the complainant received a call from a number on December 19 last year, in which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) were threatened. The caller told the victim that his mobile number is being misused for illegal activities. Money was demanded to avoid this. Threatened to arrest for non -payment.
The victim got scared. He transferred money to different name bank accounts through UPI to avoid arrest. After this, when he realized the fraud, he lodged a complaint on NCRP. After this, an FIR was lodged under the relevant sections of the Indian Justice Code (BNS) at the cyber police station in Outer North district. A police team started investigating the matter.
The police detected cyber thugs and their SIP trunking operation using money trails and call detail records. After this Ajaydeep (32), Abhishek Srivastava (34) and Ashutosh Bora (30) were arrested. B.Tech and MBA Ajaydeep used to work for an NGO earlier. He rented an office in UP capital Lucknow for SIP trunk call services.
Abhishek Srivastava trained in repairing computers and CCTV hardware assisted in the establishment of SIP-based infrastructure. Ashutosh Bora, a law student from Gurugram, was the main architect for cyber criminals associated with International Racket. He was facilitating SIP services for cyber criminals operating in Cambodia, Thailand and Canada and was directly connected to cyber gangs.
The police officer said that Ajaydeep and Abhishek were arrested from Lucknow and Mirzapur on 29 January, while Ashutosh was arrested on 2 February. Talking about SIP technology, he said that this is a company that allows a person to make phone calls on the Internet using his current phone system, which is essentially different from traditional phone lines.
He said that SIP works like a bridge between the phone system and the Internet. With this, a person can call through a computer or special phone device. Often the call provides facilities like forwarding and vegetable, which is similar to a regular phone service, but online. The accused took advantage of SIP services for cheating. It seemed to him that the call is from Indian numbers.
The same cyber thugs used autodilers and cloud PBX soft switch to manage thousands of calls. The SIP Trunk allowed him to bypass call monitoring on the international gateway, making it difficult to detect his route. Along with this, many equipment including router and media gateway were used to handle large -scale operation.
The DCP said that the police team has recovered high-tech laptops, desktop computers, routers, SIP trunking media gateways, high-tech mobile phones, fake rent agreement. During interrogation, the accused have revealed their relationship with Mohammad Ali, the mastermind of the fraud to be done by digital arrest. He said that Ali is suspected of coordinating the module of fraud in many countries.