Dummy directors, identical websites, lucrative rewards: The making of a Chinese betting shark
Dummy directors, identical websites, lucrative rewards: The making of a Chinese betting shark
Investigators reveal that upon downloading these loan apps and applying for a loan, the phone numbers of the borrowers/customers and their family members are instantly shared by the lending firm to their tele-callers and loan agents. Defaulters are threatened with messages containing fake FIR case numbers.
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Hundreds of complaints and several suicides have forced police in different cities to crack down on Chinese loan apps. (Getty Images)
Hundreds of complaints and several suicides have forced police in different cities to crack down on Chinese loan apps. As investigators dug deep, they found that the same Chinese entities also ran several gambling and betting apps. Many, including some Chinese nationals, have also been arrested in connection wi
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The Hyderabad and the Cyberabad police have arrested 17 people in connection with an app-based instant microloan lending scam,
The Hindu reported on Wednesday. The police arrested 11 people from Delhi and Gurugram, six others from Hyderabad, and also registered 23 cases against the instant loan companies.
The scam came to light after three people killed themselves in the past few weeks following alleged harassment from the debt collectors of these companies. The Hyderabad police then conducted raids in Hyderabad and Gurugram and arrested the officials of Liofang Technologies Private Limited, Hotful Technologies Private Limited, Pinprint Technologies and Nabloom Technologies Private Limited. All these companies are registered in Bengaluru.
Leaving no trail of money
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Staff salaries being paid through third party companies
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Staff salaries being paid through third party companies
The promoters of two private companies managing the operations and call centres of at least 30 instant loan apps from Hyderabad have designed a well thought-out plan not to leave any money trail.
Hyderabad Cyber Crime police probing the alleged fraud by these microfinancing companies told
The Hindu that the Liofang Technologies Private Limited and Hotful Technologies Private Limited, entered into several third party agreements for payment of staff salaries, defraying operational costs and other incidental expenses in running their nefarious activities.
Police freeze four bank accounts of loan apps
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Teams sent to Kurnool and Bengaluru in connection with the case
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Teams sent to Kurnool and Bengaluru in connection with the case
In further revelation in the probe into app-based microfinancing companies fraud, the Hyderabad Cyber Crime police have frozen four bank accounts out of 75 identified and blocked ₹ 50 lakh that stood in the credit of those four accounts.
The investigators found that all these accounts (both saving and current) in various private sector banks in National Capital Region and Delhi belong to Liofang Technologies Private Limited, Hotful Technologies Private Limited, PinPrint Technologies Private Limited and Nabloom Technologies.
From a telecaller to centre head
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One of the key accused in loan app fraud, Madhu Babu Sangi appointed centre head for Liofang Technologies Private Limited and Hotful Technologies Private Limited a few months ago has an interesting twist to his career.
Born at Kothagudem in Telangana, after completing his graduation, Madhu moved to Delhi in search of a job. Soon, he got placed as a telecaller in one such app-based loan company call centres in Gurugram.
By taking note of his ‘efficiency and expertise’ in recovering loans from the defaulter virtually, the Chinese pitch-forked him into the limelight and made him a centre head in Hyderabad.