Online lottery fraud gang busted; 2 arrested

Police today busted an online lottery fraud gang with the arrest of two persons one of whom was allegedly in conatct with a Pakistani national.
The accused have been identified as Dilshad and Sonu Verma, both residents of Bijnor district in Uttar Pardesh, police said.
"The modus operandi of the gang was to allure innocent people from different states by telephonic conversation and sending fake emails about winning huge amount of money as lottery prize and then asking them to deposit some amount as tax/processing fee in advance in bank accounts opened on fictitious details," police said.
On complaints, police launched an investigation into the account details and phone data, and busted the gang.

Further investigations revealed that Sonu Verma was in contact with one Pakistani citizen Irfan who used to allure and cheat innocent persons in India, police said.
Irfan used to give 25 per cent out of cheated amount to Sonu, police said.
Further investigation to expose the cross-border gang was on, police said.