The Central Crime Department of Better Chennai Metropolis Police busted a community of individuals dishonest visa candidates by making a faux web site resembling the official Korean visa candidates. 

A senior police officer mentioned fraudulent visa community schemes have been found lately concentrating on visa candidates. They’ve created a faux web site and deceive candidates to obtain faux Korean visas after coming into passport data, making it seem as if an actual Korean visa has been issued after accumulating cash. 

Police started investigation after Je-Hyoung Lee, Deputy Consul Basic of the Consulate of Republic of Korea, filed a criticism with the Commissioner of Police, Chennai after discovering a faux Korean visa web site getting used to cheat Indian nationals.

The criticism was made following an inquiry in January from a scholar from Nagercoil who obtained a suspicious visa grant discover. Upon verification, the consulate confirmed that the visa discover was faux, and the QR code within the doc led to a solid visa web site. Primarily based on the criticism, a case was registered in March on the Cyber Crime Police Station, Central Crime Department, Chennai and the case was taken up for investigation.

Primarily based on data gathered from area service suppliers, the investigation officer and workforce performed a raid in Mumbai and on April 29 arrested Mohammed Parvez, 29, the creator of the faux Korea visa web site. Additional investigation revealed that one other accused was, Mahaveer Khathat, 34 of Ajmer, Rajasthan who was recognized as the principle particular person behind the faux visa web sites for a number of nations.

A particular workforce led by Cyber Crime Police Inspector Abraham Cruz Durairaj proceeded to Rajasthan and arrested him in Jaipur, Rajasthan. He was dropped at Chennai and was produced earlier than the Metropolitan Justice of the Peace Court docket, Saidapet. He was remanded to judicial custody and police seized two laptops, three cellphones, 14 credit score and debit playing cards from him.  The duo had ready faux visas made for over 100 candidates.

Police mentioned the duo had obtained Rs 5 lakh by way of on-line switch for visa processing from the Nagercoil scholar. Police additionally launched a hunt to nab another suspect who was linked to the duo and working from Indonesia.