A fraud ring exploiting the promise of government jobs has been exposed in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. Police have arrested members of this gang and are currently interrogating them. This operation was carried out by the UP STF team. Officials believe that further revelations may emerge from these interrogations.
According to the police, these individuals committed fraud under the pretense of providing government jobs, transfers, and postings. The UP STF has arrested five suspects, including the mastermind of this gang. These suspects executed their fraudulent activities under the banner of an organization named RMSS.
The arrested individuals include Amit Tiwari, Naveen Kumar Rai, Gagan Pandey, Ashish Bhardwaj, and Vikas Yadav. The STF seized 15 mobile phones, 14 ATM cards, 1 railway pass, 7 voter ID cards, 3 fake identity cards, and a significant amount of documents from various departments.
Earlier Fraud Ring Busted in Lucknow
It is worth mentioning that a similar fraud case had surfaced in Lucknow previously. In that instance, four suspects were apprehended for defrauding over 700 job seekers of more than 2 crore rupees. The culprits had set up a fake call center to execute their fraudulent activities, employing M.Tech and B.Tech graduates as staff. Their arrests were made during a raid by the UP STF.
These suspects operated a call center in Indiranagar, Lucknow. They sourced contact numbers of unemployed individuals through the internet and other means. Following this, they would contact these individuals and demand sums ranging from 50,000 to 1 lakh rupees on the pretext of job placement, in two or three installments. They had been operating this call center for three years.
