In Chandigarh, cyber thugs duped a person of Rs 3.66 crore by luring him with high profits in the stock market. In this case, Sector-17 Chandigarh Cyber Crime Police Station has arrested 2 accused Ankita Gupta and Rahul Sharma from Jodhpur and Sikar in Rajasthan.
Earlier also 3 accused have been caught. The main accused in this is Manish, who was arrested by the police earlier. Manish told the complainant Surinder that SMCLE is a big financial institution and a subsidiary of SMC Global Securities Limited. The accused have been arrested by the team led by Inspector Rohtash, in-charge of Cyber Cell.
Added in Stock Market Exchange Club Group
Surinder Kumar Thakur, a resident of Pushpak Complex, Sector-49, Chandigarh, had complained to the police that he had joined a WhatsApp group named “P15 Stock Market Exchange Club” on 19 December 2023. In the group, Ankita Gupta (manager), used to call herself an employee of SMC Global Securities Limited.
She used to share stock market news, domestic and global market updates and stock information. Apart from this, a person named Rahul Sharma used to introduce himself as the teacher of the group and shared notes related to stock market trends and stocks.
Fraud in the name of institutional account
On January 30, 2024, Ankita Gupta told Surinder that he could get 10-20% profit by moving 2-3 stocks up. On February 4, 2024, she said that Rahul Sharma has made a deal with a big institution named SMCLE for some stocks, which will give 20-30% profit.
On February 5, 2024, Surinder received a message that he cannot buy these stocks in his demat account, as these can only be purchased from an institutional account. When the victim asked how to open an institutional account, he was given the number of Manish Kumar.
