Noida: Six members of a cyber fraud gang were arrested for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of offering loans under the PM Employment Generation Programme. Police said they used social media platforms like Instagram and Facebook to advertise Aadhaar and PAN card-related services before luring people with promises of subsidised home loans.According to DCP (Central Noida) Kumar Singh, a team raided the top floor of Krishna County Tower-A in Sector 1 after receiving a tip-off. Cops seized 18 keypad mobile phones, six smartphones, 15 registers, three pens and other materials used in the crime from the spot.The accused are Dharamraj Rathore (38), Ravi Kumar (26), Kishan Rathore (32), Akshay (28), Kiran Nair (21), and Kiran Babu Rathore (28). The gang is suspected to have conned people out of several crores across many states, cops said.An FIR was registered under BNS sections for cheating and impersonation, besides the IT Act at Bisrakh police station.Police said the gang used social media to advertise Aadhaar card and PAN card-related services. When people clicked on the advertised links, they were given a phone number that would connect them to the cons. They would then offer to get them subsidised home loans under the PMEGP scheme.The gang would initially charge Rs 3,000 as registration fees and Rs 18,000 as insurance and processing charges before demanding larger amounts. The amounts would range from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 4 lakh.The accused used multiple bank accounts for the scam and changed SIM cards frequently. The kingpin is yet to be traced, police said.
