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The scam came to airy erstwhile a pistillate came crossed Khan’s website. According to police, she contacted Khan done the website and sent Rs 1.8 lakh for admission.
Armed with a overseas degree, a “smooth-talking” machine technologist allegedly convinced astatine slightest 15 unsuspecting persons that helium could get them a PhD, lone to vanish with their money. The elaborate fraud, led by the technologist educated successful New Zealand, was yet exposed erstwhile a pistillate from Delhi who allegedly mislaid Rs 1.8 lakh grew suspicious and alerted officials, said police.
Javed Khan, a 30-year-old postgraduate from the University of Auckland successful New Zealand, ran the alleged racket alongside his accomplice, Shahrukh Ali (29), constabulary added. Posing arsenic an acquisition consultant, Khan acceptable up a website, www.literateus.com, to lure PhD aspirants into transferring ample sums of wealth for admissions. Based connected method surveillance, a constabulary squad traced and arrested Shahrukh from Saharanpur and Javed from a de-addiction centre successful Noida, wherever helium was undergoing attraction for cause addiction, said DCP (Central) Harsha Vardhan.
The scam came to airy erstwhile a pistillate came crossed Khan’s website. According to the police, she contacted Khan done the fig listed connected the website and soon transferred Rs 1.8 lakh to jumpstart the admittance process. However, erstwhile Khan allegedly began demanding much wealth and refused to springiness her a receipt for the wealth she had already paid, the pistillate registered a ailment against him with the police.
The probe uncovered a blase con, said officials. Javed, who had antecedently worked successful the acquisition sector, utilized his acquisition to fabricate convincing admittance letters, fake ID cards, and adjacent photoshopped honorary doctorate degrees, said police. His partner, Shahrukh, handled the fiscal transactions and communications.
“During the investigation, the slope and telephone details of the 2 were obtained. The details of the website were besides obtained from the domain provider. It was recovered that the magnitude was transferred to slope accounts registered successful the names of Shahrukh Ali and Javed Khan. Detailed method surveillance was carried retired to hint the accused persons due to the fact that they had discarded the mobile phones utilized to pass with the complainant,” said Vardhan.
During questioning, Javed admitted to utilizing his web to exploit the aspiring students and professionals looking to gain a PhD. Investigators recovered incriminating WhatsApp messages, fake assemblage receipts, and a mobile telephone containing grounds of the scam.
Both are present successful custody arsenic further investigations proceed to uncover the afloat grade of their fraudulent activities, said police.
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