From Pune to West Bengal: One Arrested in Massive ₹3.5 Crore Easy Pay Fraud Case
Pune, 16th July 2023: Disturbing revelations have emerged regarding a nationwide fraud committed by 65 representatives of Easy Pay Pvt Ltd, an online financial service provider, resulting in a staggering Rs 3.5 crores loss. The Cyber Crime Branch of the Pune Police has successfully apprehended one individual from West Bengal in connection with this fraudulent scheme.
The arrested individual has been identified as Ankit Kumar Ashok Pandey (20), a resident of Nawada, Bihar. A case has been registered against his accomplices involved in the fraud. Easy Pay Pvt Ltd operates from its office in the Yerwada area and offers online payment services. The company appoints official representatives (agents) throughout the country. Unfortunately, 65 of these representatives conspired to defraud the company, resulting in a loss of Rs 3,52,70,000. The fraudulent activity came to light when the company noticed unauthorized withdrawals from its account.
Upon receiving a complaint from the company management, the Cyber Police Station in Shivajinagar initiated an investigation into the matter. Through technical analysis, it was determined that Pandey was located in Delhi at the time. The police team immediately proceeded to Delhi, only to discover that Pandey had fled the area and was continuously changing his place of residence to evade capture. Eventually, the police tracked him down to Mamra Durgapur village in Bardhaman district, West Bengal, where he was taken into custody.
This successful operation was conducted under the guidance of Deputy Commissioner of Police Srinivas Ghadge, Assistant Commissioner Appasaheb Shewale, Senior Police Inspector Meenal Supe-Patil, Sub-Inspector Tushar Bhosale, and Rajkumar Jaba, Babasaheb Karale, Navnath Jadhav, Nilesh Landge, Shahrukh Shaikh, Sandesh Karne, Nitin Chandne, Santosh Jadhav and Bapu Lonkar.
