Kurnool ASI Tips Off Hyderabad Cops On Loan Apps Chinese Call Centre, Hands Over Son Jan 02, 2021, 13:55 IST
HYDERABAD: An Andhra Pradesh police officer handed over his own son to the Hyderabad cyber crime police department after his alleged involvement in the “Instant Loan Apps Scam” case. The Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) from Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh after getting information on his son’s involvement in the scam, tipped off the Hyderabad cyber crime branch and turned him over to the police.
The ASI told Hyderabad police about his son’s work in a call centre. His son worked in the same companies that harassed the loan defaulters. These call centres that were setup by Chinese nationals, resulted in more than 20,000 crore fraud. The money was sent off from India to China in the form of bitcoins.
Kurnool ASI s two sons ‘kingpins’ in App loan fraud
Updated Jan 2, 2021, 12:08 am IST
ASI Neelakantappa told the higher-ups that he responded to the call of duty and surrendered his sons to the Cyberabad police
While his son Nagaraju was arrested along with Chinese national Zhu Wei alias Lambo, his other son Eswaraiah was operating out of Bengaluru for the same app-based loan companies (Representational Image)
KURNOOL: An assistant sub-inspector has played the role of a white knight and surrendered his son to the police in a loan app scam. Kurnool is famous for supplying men for loan recoveries.
It emerged that two sons of Neelakantappa, the assistant sub-inspector at Nandavaram, were linked to the Chinese app-based loan companies that bled people by charging exorbitant interest rates. Notably, leaders of all parties and their henchmen take contracts for recovering money from debtors mainly in Nandyal, Allagadda, and Adoni divisions.
One more Chinese held in online loan fraud
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A Chinese national who tried to flee the country was arrested by Hyderabad police at Delhi airport in connection with app-based loan fraud.
The accused, Zhu Wei (27) alias Lambo, hails from Jiangxi of China, and was head of operations for Aglow Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Liufang Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Nabloom Technologies Pvt. Ltd., and Pinprint Technologies Pvt. Ltd., all instant loan app companies, Additional Commissioner of Police (Crimes and SIT) Shikha Goel said.
She said that a team of Cyber Crime police intercepted Zhu Wei at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi. One K. Nagaraju from Kurnool, who played a key role in the operation of call centres, was also arrested.