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Odisha Crime Branch arrests three directors of two Fintech companies for involvement in Cyber Fraud
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Bhubaneswar (08/05/2024): The Cyber Crime Unit of Crime Branch, Odisha on Wednesday arrested three persons in a case of cyber fraud of Crypto Investment.They were running Fintech Companies as and became a part of cyber frauds by facilitating in the quick transfer of money to the virtual accounts of cyber criminals.The arrested persons Sumit Kumar Das and Amiya Ranjan Satpathy of Bargarh and Sidharth Satpathy of Bhillai, Chhattisgarh identified themselves as directors of two Fintech companies.Sumit Kumar Das and Amiya Ranjan Satpathy were directors of a Fintech Company PayInc and Sidharth Satpathy was the director of Fynpe. A victim had reported on 05.05.2023 that he had received a WhatsApp call from a stranger lady suggesting to subscribe a YouTube channel link for earning money.After that she gave him a Telegram contact to chat.Then the victim frequently received messages through Telegram App enticing to invest money for high returns.The victim then started paying the money believing that he was making investments and was trapped by the fraudsters.The complainant deposited more than Rs54.75 lakh in between 6.05.2023 to 23.05.2023 to get high returns.When the fraudsters pursued him for more and more money without any return, the complainant reported the matter at Cyber Police Station at Crime Branch.On his complaint, CID CB Cyber Crime Police Station Case No.06/2023 was registered on 29.05.2023 u/s 419/ 420/ 467/ 468/ 471/ 120-B/ 34 IPC r/w Sec.66-C/ 66-D of Information Technology Act, 2000 and a team of officers led by Inspector Geetanjali Jena investigated into it. Online verification of the NCRP portal of I4C, Ministry of Home Affairs revealed that apart from this case, 26 other complaints from different parts of the country have been registered against the registered bank account of Fynpe and 18 against the registered Bank Account of PayInc throughout India.