Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell received information that suspects were hiding at “The Stay Lions” hotel near Anjali Cross Road. Acting on this tip-off, they conducted a raid this week and caught Saeem Desai, Bhaylukhan Baloch, and Aftab Dasadiya. Desai collaborated with a Chinese gang to orchestrate online fraud schemes.
With his Chinese boss’s help, Saeem and his associates created fake social media profiles. They defrauded people by promising high returns on investments. With Bhaylukhan’s help, he obtained victims’ bank details, such as passbooks, checkbooks, ATM cards, registered mobile numbers, registered email addresses, net banking user IDs, passwords, and ATM passwords.
Saeem used a SIM card registered under a Pakistani woman’s name from Dubai for his online fraud operations. Upon checking the NCCRP portal, the cyber cell staff found 18 accounts that they used in fraud-related transactions. The fraudulently obtained money was deposited into these accounts, and they earned a 3% commission from the Chinese gang. Bhaylukhan received 1.5% of this commission.
Further investigation revealed that the Chinese boss communicated through Telegram. Desai had 66 complaints and Bhaylukhan had 44 complaints registered against them for cybercrime-related offenses. Aftab Dasadiya collaborated with Desai in carrying out these fraudulent activities. The accused are booked under IPC sections 406, 419, 420, 120B, and IT Act section 66(d).