KOLKATA: The mastermind of a Dubai-based loan app fraud, who is also the main accused of the E-Nuggets case, is keeping the Kolkata Police on tenterhooks. “Operating from the Middle East, he offers e-loans to victims.
Once the loans are approved, he asks for personal details, which are used to extort money from the victims,” said a senior police officer. This modus operandi is different from that of sextortion, according to the police.
Cops came to know about the accused after questioning Soniya Shivaji Kharatmol (29) when she had arrived at the Mumbai airport a few months ago. The woman, now out on bail, told the court how she had been dragged into the fraud after the mastermind convinced her that he was into charitable business and wanted to help the poor.
“We now have evidence about the mastermind who is settled in Dubai. We will take help from the CBI and Interpol to nab him,” said an officer. “Investigation has revealed that the racketeers were involved in multiple transactions worth some crores in the past few months,” said DC (Cyber) Atul V at the time of Soniya’s arrest.
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