Member Of Cyber Fraud Gang Held In Rajasthan's Bharatpur
The accused, Devendra Pal Singh allegedly duped common citizens of crores of rupees in the name of online games and e-commerce.
Published : May 30, 2025 at 9:36 PM IST
Bharatpur: The cyber cell of Bharatpur range arrested an active member of a gang involved in cyber fraud of more than Rs 400 crore.
The accused, Devendra Pal Singh allegedly duped common citizens of crores of rupees in the name of online games and e-commerce. The gang, led by mastermind Shashikant Singh used to carry out their activities through cutting-edge technologies and fake companies. Police said Devendra is a childhood friend of Shashikant and an important member of the network.
Inspector General of Police Rahul Prakash said that the gang operated in several states along with Rajasthan. The gang used to make financially weak people pawns and open fake companies in their names and then operate the entire chain of cyber fraud through the companies.
Prakash said on March 6, one Hari Singh lodged a complaint of fraud related to Fino Payment Bank on 1930 cyber helpline of Dholpur cyber police station. When the range cyber war room team analyzed this complaint, it was revealed that around 3,000 complaints were already registered against the bank.
The responsibility of investigating the case was handed over to Police Inspector Mahendra Singh, along with whom a special team of Assistant Sub Inspector Dinesh Kumar and Head Constable Jitendra Singh was formed. Investigation revealed that Shashikant and his associate Rohit Dubey together had established a company named Abundance Payment Solution Private Limited (TriPay), headquartered in Bengaluru.
The company used to work as an intermediary unit between the merchant and the payment gateway and used to charge a commission of only 0.20 per cent on every transaction. The gang used to get fake companies based on e-commerce and online gaming registered in the name of poor and unemployed people by luring them with huge sums.
In this process, a third person used to work as a reseller and acted as a bridge between the gang and the fake directors. Devendra, a resident of Bamrauli in Uttar Pradesh, used to operate the network and prepared documents, registered fake companies and and controlled the entire system of payouts.
