Police bust sextortion, cyber fraud racket

The Delhi Police has busted a sextortion and cyber fraud racket, spanning across multiple States and have arrested six people in the case. According to the police, a money trail of over `5 crore has been identified by different teams of the Crime Branch.

“On May 24, a tip-off was received regarding the movement of a consignment suspected to contain synthetic bank account kits in the New Ashok Nagar area. These kits were reportedly being used in various high-tech crimes such as sextortion, cyber fraud, banking scams, debit and credit cards, etc,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Aditya Gautam said.