Gurugram, March 23 Gurugram police have busted a cyber-fraud gang operating from the Philippines and have arrested a man associated with them, officials here said on Monday.
The accused, identified as Rahul Kumar (30), was responsible for operating and delivering illegal SIM boxes, they said.
Police said that illegal devices were supplied through the Nepal-Bihar route, and to commit cybercrimes, calls were diverted through SIM boxes.
Police have recovered five SIM boxes with 32 SIM port antennas each, eight routers, 18 batteries, three UPS (inverters), and a total of 504 SIM cards from Airtel, Vodafone, and Idea, along with a mobile phone.
According to police, two house owners in Gurugram filed a complaint alleging that their tenants were illegally operating SIM boxes (GSM gateways) in their houses, which could be used for unauthorized telecom activities and cybercrimes.
Following the complaint, two separate FIRs were registered on March 17. Police conducted raids at the rented houses where they found illegal devices used in cybercrimes.
Priyanshu Dewan, ACP Cyber, said that while taking effective action based on technical assistance, a raid was conducted in Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh on March 18, and Rahul Kumar was arrested.
Kumar was produced before the court and was taken on a five-day police remand, he added.
"During interrogation, the accused revealed that he drives a car in Noida.
He was in contact with a person in the Philippines through one of his associates, through whom he received the SIM boxes, routers, and other equipment in Noida. He then set up and checked the SIM boxes via video calls with the Filipino man," ACP Dewan said.
"The accused revealed that he had delivered the SIM boxes and other items in Gurugram and received Rs 15,000 in exchange from the Filipino man. SIM boxes and other items come from the Philippines to Nepal, and from Nepal, they are sent to Bihar in India and from Bihar, they are delivered to different places," the ACP explained.
Further investigation in the case is underway, the officer added.
