CHENNAI: A tip-off from a woman in Tamil Nadu’s Tirupur district. Who was threatened for a loan of Rs 18,000 through an app, led to. The arrest of a five-member gang who ran a maze of phone numbers. That users of some foreign-based loan apps used for such threats. It happened, the police said today.
The woman alleged that . She had received many messages threatening to post her. Photo on an “escort service” website – listing her as a prostitute – if she did not pay up.
Superintendent of Police Shashank Sai said. The gang allegedly ran an illegal “telephone exchange”, meaning . They used devices to link 200 SIM cards to one mobile phone number.
They worked for two loan apps based in Nigeria and one each from Indonesia and China. Investigators said. To make their tracing more difficult. They used a virtual private network (VPN) to access the Internet, the officer said.
An IMEI – a unique number for each mobile phone, one per SIM slot – is linked to 40 devices, he added.
In the express case, the woman initially took ₹3,000, and then the gang enticed. Her to take another ₹15,000 by sending her easy weblinks to click on to pay.
Police have charged the men under the IT Act as well as cheating and impersonation.
In the express case, the woman initially took ₹3,000, and then the gang enticed. Her to take another ₹15,000 by sending her easy weblinks to click on to pay.
An IMEI – a unique number for each mobile phone, one per SIM slot – is linked to 40 devices, he added.
