20-year-old nabbed from Sector 82 in Gurgaon for trading fraud

Gurgaon: A 20-year-old cyber fraudster was arrested from Sector 82 on Saturday night for allegedly cheating people with offers of share market investments. Multiple devices and documents were seized from him.

Harsh, a resident of Kosli in Rewari, was caught operating from Vatika India Next complex near Sapphire Mall. Acting on a tip-off, police raided the location and found him chatting with people on WhatsApp and Telegram on a laptop.

Five mobile phones with multiple SIM cards, a MacBook, 11 cheque books, 46 SIM cards, 47 ATM and debit cards (suspected to be fake), and two fake gold bars were recovered from the accused.

"The accused told police that the equipment was used for scamming people by luring them with fake investment schemes," the FIR stated. A case was registered under BNS Section 318(4) (cheating).

Last month, a manager of an Axis Bank branch in Sirsa and his accomplice were arrested on Thursday in a Rs 31 lakh cyber fraud case registered in Jan 2025.