The Cyber Cell of the Mumbai Crime Branch has busted yet another international job racket and arrested four African nationals, who were operating from Pune’s Undri area. Investigation has revealed that the gang has been operating in 48 countries and it has cheated more than 2,000 people over the past eight months. The Cyber Cell suspects the number to be more as the gang has been running the racket for over two years now and as part of its modus operandi, the accused would destroy their computer hard disks every five to six months. The cops have recovered data related to 27,000 people from the laptops they have seized from the accused for further investigation.

Cheated of lakhs
According to the Cyber Cell, the scam came to the fore after a 30-year-old hotel management professional approached them. “The complainant was looking for a job in the hotel management industry abroad and had been checking several websites related to it,” said Milind Bharambe, joint commissioner of police, Crime Branch.