The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids in Gujarat and Maharashtra on Wednesday in connection with the investigation of the Dhoshan case of more than Rs 100 crore related to cyber crime. Official sources gave this information. These cyber criminals are accused of committing cyber crime like ‘digital arrest’ and transferring more than Rs 100 crore abroad.
The Surat Sub-Regional Office of the Federal Investigation Agency conducted the raids in Surat and Ahmedabad and Mumbai in Gujarat under the Money Prevention Act (PMLA).
Sources said that this case of money refinement has come up with an FIR of Gujarat Police against Maqbool Doctor, Kashif Doctor, Basam Doctor, Mahesh Mafatlal Desai, Maj Abdul Rahim Nada and some others.
He said that it is alleged that cyber criminals were involved in cheating the common people through various cyber frauds such as fake USDT trading (crypto currency), ‘digital arrest’, law enforcement agencies, etc. and threatened the common people through various cyber frauds like threatening innocent people.
Through cyber fraud, the money received from innocent people was deposited either by using KYC (knowing your customer) of ‘dummy’ persons or in bank accounts opened on the basis of fake KYC documents.
Sources said that this illegal money was converted into crypto currency through various ‘Angadia’ or hawala operators and suspects that the accused sent more than Rs 100 crore abroad.
