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Rawalpindi: Cyber Crime Circle Rawalpindi arrested 9 suspects of online loan apps involved in blackmailing.
According to the spokesperson of FIA Cybercrime Circle, the raids were conducted in Saidpur Road, Rawalpindi, located in the offices of Financial Services, and a case was registered against 19 accused.
Inspector Badar Munir sealed various offices of the company in the plaza, various sections of the online company were built.
The accused were given a target to call the citizens on a daily basis, after which the accused made various calls to the affected citizens, friends and their relatives. Each accused was given a target of making 100 to 150 calls on a daily basis.
In the said offices, there were separate sections dealing with torture calls, each section was assigned separate tasks with regard to making calls. There were sections named DZera, D1, D2, DS1, DS2 and DS3.
The personal data of the accused was accessed through the said loan apps. Later, the accused used to harass the affected citizens.
A large number of documents, computers, laptops and SIMs were recovered during the raid. The accused were arrested and investigation started while raids are being conducted to arrest other accused.
On the other hand, the issue of blackmailing citizens through online loan apps also came to light in Karachi where the affected citizen applied online to FIA Cybercrime Karachi, but instead of taking action, the affected citizen himself reached the office and applied after a few days. Submission has been indicated and no action has been taken yet.
It should be noted that after the incident of suicide of a citizen of Rawalpindi due to the helplessness of a citizen of Rawalpindi regarding taking interest and blackmail by entrapping simple people into loans through online loan apps, the FIA Cyber Crime Wing The crackdown continues.
The serious incident in Rawalpindi related to the online loan fraud case, in which after taking a loan of only 13 thousand rupees from an online loan company, a 42-year-old woman fell into the clutches of blackmailers and was fed up with interest and blackmailing. A citizen named Masood had committed suicide in a state of helplessness and ended his life.
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