Sonepat: Gang of cyber criminals busted, nine arrested

With the arrest of nine accused from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, the cyber team claimed to have busted an inter-state cyber-criminal gang who duped people of Rs 47 crore by luring them into investing in the share market.

Prabina P, Deputy Commissioner of Police, East and Cyber, said Lokesh of Omax City in his complaint to the cyber police on January 24 said during the first week of October 2023, he came in contact with a broker, named Anand, who was pretending to be an employee of Excel Stock Broking, Kolkata, and associated with the firm, Stock Benefit. He promised to cover his losses in the Indian market by investing in the foreign exchange market through the platform, Grow Trade (www.growfxtrade.com), which also had an Android application attached.