High Paying Job Scam 25 Indians Forced Into Cyber ​​Fraud in Thailand Two Arrested

Every day, a large number of people are falling prey to scammers in the pursuit of earning easily and in a short time. Cyber ​​fraud complaints have increased manifold in the last few years. The latest case has been reported in Mumbai, where the police have allegedly arrested two people who duped more than 25 Indians by luring them with high-paying jobs in Thailand.

news agency PTI (via NDTVAccording to the police, the fraudsters lured the Indians with high paying jobs and took them to Laos, where they were forced to commit cyber fraud. Police officials said that two accused have been arrested in this case. One of these agents is Jerry Jacob (46), who is said to be the kingpin of the racket. His associate is named Godfrey Alvarez (39). Both were arrested on the complaint of a 23-year-old Indian youth named Siddharth Yadav. Another agent named Sunny is also named in the case registered on March 23.

Yadav is a resident of Thane area of ​​Mumbai and he, along with three other persons who became victims of the job syndicate, managed to return from Laos with the help of the Indian embassy in the Southeast Asian country. Yadav told the police that he had gone to Thailand in December 2022 hoping to earn good money but was taken to a place in Laos near the Thailand border.

The report further states that a police officer said that the accused Jacob, Alvarez and Sunny allegedly employed Yadav and around two dozen Indians in the call centres who defrauded people in Europe, the US and Canada through fake social media accounts.

In his complaint, Yadav said that the call centres imposed heavy fines on the employees citing minor reasons. The complainant said that when he and three others reached the Indian Embassy in Laos for their return, the accused thrashed them. After the intervention of the Indian Embassy, ​​the local police rescued Yadav and other youths, the official said.