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Loan App Executive Asks BJP Legislator to Repay Loan That He Never Borrowed

 

Even prominent politicians fall prey to scammers in the world of cybercrime, which is a tremendous leveller. A person who is still unknown repeatedly called and texted the BJP legislator Ashish Shelar, requesting that he pay back a debt for which he had served as guarantee. 

Shelar filed a police complaint of harassment. According to Shelar, he has never taken out a loan and has never offered to serve as a guarantee for the repayment of a borrower. 

The legislator claimed that over the past two weeks, a person posing as from a lending app has bombarded him with calls and messages, to the point that his staff reported the incident to the Bandra police station. The caller persisted in pressing for the loan's repayment. However, he added that the caller didn't make any threats.

According to a Bandra police officer, a cyber crime unit from the police station is working on the complaint to find the source of the communications. "The number from which the calls came has been put on tracking mode," stated the police officer. 

The case was registered after Navnath Satpute (41) of Shelar's office lodged a complaint. Based on the complaint, Shelar was asked to make an immediate payment of Rs 7,700 to cover the overdue loan amount. 

Shelar told a local media outlet: "There was no threat... but I was fed up because of those multiple calls I received in the last two weeks... Despite telling the caller that I did not take any loan or stand guarantor, the calls would not stop…" 

A case has been filed against unidentified individuals under provisions of the Indian Penal Code dealing with impersonation, cheating, and attempting to commit an offence, as well as under sections of the Information Technology Act. 

Cases of fraud involving loans reportedly obtained through lending applications have recently increased. Between January and July, a total of 38 loan fraud incidents were recorded across the Mumbai city, with nine cases being solved and nine people arrested. Meanwhile, 116 cases were recorded in 2022, of which six were registered in 2021, and another 42 were filed in 2021, of which just five were resolved. In total, 41 persons were arrested over the course of these two years.
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Ukrainian Police Arrests Suspects Accused of Stealing $4.3M From Victims Across Europe


The Ukrainian police have detained 10 suspects, arresting two for allegedly being involved in a cybercrime group that conducted phishing campaigns and was a part of fraudulent online marketplaces, stealing more than $4.3 million from over 1,000 users across Europe. 

According to Ukraine’s cyber police unit, which collaborated with Czech Republic law enforcement on the bust, the threat group created more than 100 phishing sites to acquire victims’ bank credentials and access to their accounts. 

These websites provided a range of products for sale at discounts from market value. But, instead of obtaining a good price when customers entered their bank card information to pay for the fraudulent products, they had their account information stolen and probably had all of their money stolen from them. 

Additionally, the scammers established two Ukrainian call centers, in Vinnytsia and Lviv, and employed operators to persuade clients to make purchases as part of the scam. Too bad they were not assisting to defend their country instead of taking advantage of people. As per the police report, the victims include individuals from several European countries like the Czech Republic, France, Spain, and Portugal. The threat group scammed the victims of 160 million hryvnias or more, i.e. nearly $4.36 million. 

Following the event of the arrest, the Ukrainian police also shared a video where the police officers were seen busting down doors of a suspect’s residence and an empty call center. 

The law enforcement teams searched the houses, cars, and two call centers of the accused in a total of around 30 searches, seizing mobile phones, SIM cards, and computer hardware involved in illicit activity. 

The two suspected heads of the crime gang are facing up to 12 years in prison on charges of fraud and establishing a criminal organization. The European Union has captured ten more accused gang members, and according to international law enforcement organizations, the investigation is still underway. 

The aforementioned arrest is followed by another call center scan in Europe, that was announced by Europol in January this year. In the case, the European police detained 15 suspects and closed down a multi-country channel of call centers selling fabricated cryptocurrency that the law enforcement claimed to have stolen more than hundreds of million euros from victims.  

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