Chandigarh, November 24, 2024 (Yes Punjab News)
If you are also using online platforms to earn money from home, then beware because the Haryana Police has busted a racket of such companies that lure people with the promise of earning money from home.
These companies would first register a person on their website for a fee of Rs 5000 and then entice them to earn money by filling captchas on the company’s site. The captchas filled by the company were sold to foreign companies to earn profits in dollars.
In this case, the Haryana Police, along with the Home Ministry’s cyber team, conducted a raid in Rohtak district on Friday and arrested three people.
This raid lasted for 10 hours. It has been revealed that this company has defrauded 35,000 people through its website and made a fraud of Rs 18 crore. The investigation is ongoing. Director General of Police Shatrujeet kapur congratulated the Panchkula nodal cyber team of Haryana Police for this success.
What was the matter
The Haryana Police spokesperson said that two companies named PCL and Money Earn 24 were being run online by Rohtak residents Johnny and Rohit. An office of the company was built at Sheela Bypass in Rohtak, while another office was in Patna, Bihar.
The company used to charge a registration fee of Rs 5000 initially from people, through which they registered themselves on the websites of these two companies. For this, the person had to upload their identity documents like Aadhar card, ration card, etc. on the company’s website along with other information.
After this, the person had to fill the captcha given on the company’s website. A person could fill only 90 captchas in a day from one ID. In this way, he could earn Rs 2700 per month sitting at home. A person could also create many other IDs on this website using the ID of different people.
There was also a claim of getting Rs 500 back through the referral system on the website. 1,40,000 people have been registered using IDs on these websites. In the initial investigation, 35,000 people have invested through the company’s website, from whom an amount of Rs 18 crore has been taken to the accounts of this company and its operators.
The investigation revealed that the money from the payment gateway of this company was sent to Udaipur. The company was also promoting these websites through social media platforms like X, Facebook, Instagram and Telegram.
The channel run by the company also has 12,000 subscribers. A thorough investigation is being conducted in this matter to find out how many more people are involved and action will be taken against all those people as per the rules.
How was the disclosure done
To get to the bottom of this matter, a plan was prepared under the guidance of Additional Director General of Police, Cyber Mamta Singh, on the instructions of Director General of Police Shatrujeet kapur.
A member of the Haryana Police team registered himself on the company’s website. In this matter, working was done with the I4C team of the Home Ministry. Confirming the entire matter, a raid was conducted on Friday, November 23 at the company’s office at Sheela Bypass, Rohtak, in which it was found that by luring people to earn money from home, registering with the company, creating captchas and selling those captchas to foreign companies, from where the company was returned money in foreign currency.
During the raid, the team led by DSP Cyber Nodal Police Panchkula arrested the owner of both the companies along with another person, from whom a revolver was also recovered. Apart from this, many other items including company documents, bank check books, laptops, QR codes, servers and computers were recovered from the spot.
All three accused were produced in the court today and will be taken on police remand for further action.
SP Cyber Amit Dahiya said that the accused will also be taken to Patna and Udaipur on police remand in this case.
Appealing to the common people, he said that those who have invested money through these companies should contact the Cyber Nodal Police Panchkula police station so that they can be helped to get their money refunded.
Director General of Police Shatrujeet kapur appealed saying that be wary of online platforms that promise to make money quickly. A person’s slight negligence can destroy his life’s savings. Cyber criminals target only those people who want to earn more money in less time.
Appealing to the common people, he said that they should properly investigate any online platform before using it, otherwise they may become victims of cyber fraud. In case of cyber fraud or suspicion of it, people should contact the cyber helpline number 1930.
