The prime accused has been identified as Zafar Ahmed, a resident of Civil Lines, Aligarh, UP, in connection with this case.
Odisha Police busted India's 'biggest ever job fraud' and arrested its mastermind from Uttar Pradesh. According to news agency ANI, the Economic Offenses Wing (EOW) has unearthed a major job fraud scam going on in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
The prime accused has been identified as Zafar Ahmed, a resident of Civil Lines, Aligarh, UP, in connection with this case. The accused is an Engineer (B.Tech) by profession and is one of the masterminds of the scam. He was produced before a local court in Aligarh.
The court granted transit remand of five days. As per ANI report, he will be produced in Bhubaneswar court.
Police said the scammers targeted unemployed youth in at least five states - Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha.
EOW Deputy Inspector General JN Pankaj said, “We are extremely grateful to the Aligarh Police of Uttar Pradesh for helping us arrest the accused. Investigation is still on to ascertain the involvement of others in the process and the huge amount deposited by the fraudsters."
According to the police, initial estimates suggest that at least 50,000 job seekers across the country were duped, amounting to crores.
“The scam was being run by a group of highly tech-savvy engineers from Uttar Pradesh with the help of some expert website developers. This core group was assisted by around 50 call center employees. These employees were paid ₹15,000 per month and were from Jamalpur and Aligarh regions of Uttar Pradesh. Over 1,000 fake SIMs and 530 handsets and mobile phones were used for the scam.
The official said that the fraudsters used WhatsApp voice calls on fake SIM cards in the fraud and they made sure to save their mobile numbers under the name of the scheme to avoid the caller being traced.
Around 100 Mule bank accounts were used in this scam. He said that he only withdrew money from the "Jan Seva Kendra" using the QR code of the Jan Seva Kendra and the mule account.
Furthermore, they developed a website resembling a government website, which displayed government job advertisements mainly targeting health or skills department jobs, some of which were designed to lure and deceive job seekers. were using "prime ministerial schemes", the police said.
The fraudsters also gave advertisements in local newspapers but ensured that they would use fake identities and use WhatsApp calls or other such systems and transact money only through Mule bank accounts, reported ANI.
Police said that they used to charge candidates from ₹3000 to ₹50,000 for registration, interview training and other types of events, depending on how much candidates trust them.
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