A terrible incident happened with 25 Indians after being lured by the lure of a high paying job abroad

Mumbai Police News: Mumbai Police has busted a gang that used to cheat Indians in the name of taking them to Thailand and providing them jobs. It is alleged that 25 youths were taken to Laos on the pretext of taking them to Thailand in the name of providing them high paying jobs. It has been revealed that he was forced to commit cyber crimes there. Police said two people, Jerry Jacob and his associate Godfrey Alvarez, have been arrested in the case. The name of another agent named Sunny is also included in the police FIR.

What is the whole matter?

The police officer said that a case was registered in this fraud racket on March 23. Jacob is the kingpin of this racket. According to the police, Yadav and three other people from Thane were victims of this fraud. Yadav told the police that in the lure of a high-paying job, a deal was made to take him to Thailand in December 2022. But he was taken to Laos near the Thai border. All these Indians have been brought back to India from there with the help of the Embassy.

pushed into crime

According to police, Jacob, Alvarez and Sunny allegedly transported Yadav and about two dozen Indians to Laos. Here he was employed in a call center from where cyber fraud was being done to people from Europe, America and Canada through fake social media accounts. They used to impose heavy fines on call center employees for small issues. Apart from this, when the Indian youth complained about this to the embassy, ​​the accused beat them badly.

Indian embassy was saved

Police have said that with the intervention of the Indian Embassy, ​​the local police freed all four, including Yadav. Police have registered a case of intimidation, false possession, smuggling and fraud against the accused. The accused were presented in the court on Tuesday, from where they have been sent to police custody till March 30.

Fraud with more than 100 people

Police say that the accused were arrested when they had come to meet their family members. During interrogation, it was revealed that they were planning to flee the country within a few days. Police suspect that the gang members have duped more than 100 unemployed youth across the country in the last few years by luring them with jobs abroad.