Crackdown on illegal instant loan apps; 17 arrested from Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad
Based on complaints, the Hyderabad and Cyberabad police have registered 16 and 7 cases, respectively, against such companies. December 23, 2020 10:30:06 am
The Cyberabad police registered a case under sections 420 (cheating), 506 (criminal intimidation) of IPC and also invoked section 66 of the IT Act, section 3, 10, and 13(1) of the Telangana Money Lenders Act and started an investigation.
Cracking down on illegal app-based instant microloan lending companies, Hyderabad police arrested 11 persons from Delhi, Gurgaon and the Cyberabad police arrested six others here. Based on complaints, the Hyderabad and Cyberabad police have registered 16 and 7 cases, respectively, against such companies.
Dec 22, 2020, 17:02 IST
HYDERABAD: The sleuths of Cyber Crime PS, Cyberabad nabbed six members in connection with instant personal loan apps mafia like Cash Mama, Loan Zone and Dhana Dhan. These app were operated under companies named Onion Credit Private Ltd with Directors K. Sarath Chandra, K. Pushpalatha and CRED FOX Technologies Pvt Ltd with directors K Sharath Chandra and V Chaitanya. A total of three Laptops, 3 Desktops, 22 Mobile Phones were seized and 18 bank accounts with an amount Rs. 1.52 crores were freezed.
This investigation comes in the wake of a unemployed techie’s death by suicide in Hyderabad and an agriculture extension officer in Siddipet district in the last few days, allegedly owing to harassment and humiliation over repayment by this mafia.