ED: The 'fraud' who extorted money from builders by claiming to be a senior ED officer has been arrested, this was his method of trapping them
According to ED, Raviraj Kumar has been arrested on charges of cheating, forgery, and cheating by posing as a senior officer of the investigation agency. The accused was produced before the Special court (PMLA), Gurugram, where he was sent to ED custody for five days.
The accused who carried out fraud in delhi NCR by claiming to be a senior officer of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has been arrested. The Gurugram Zonal office of ED has arrested the accused under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. Accused Raviraj Kumar has cheated many people. He used to call builders on the phone and introduce himself as a senior ED officer. He used to extort money from them. If someone refused to give money, he would warn them of facing serious consequences. To hide his real identity, the accused had purchased several SIM cards. Whenever he wanted to target someone, he would call from a new number. He was carrying out the fraud for a long time.
According to the ED, Raviraj Kumar has been arrested on charges of cheating, forgery, and cheating by posing as a senior officer of the investigating agency. The accused was produced before the Special court (PMLA), Gurugram, where he has been sent to five-day ED custody. The ED had initiated the investigation based on an FIR lodged by Sector-10, police Station, Gurugram against Raviraj Kumar and other unknown persons under various sections of the indian Justice Code (BNS), 2023. The ED investigation revealed that Raviraj Kumar had extorted money from a Gurugram-based builder by threatening him with dire consequences by posing as a senior ED officer.
During the investigation, the ED has recorded statements of various persons. It has been revealed that the accused had tried to cheat many other people as well. He used to introduce himself as a senior ED officer in front of builders and other businessmen. For this, he used to keep many SIM cards with him. When he made a person his victim, he used to call him from many phone numbers. He tried to convince the person in front that he was a real ED officer. Many times, he used to talk by changing his voice.
ED has also collected various wallet PLATFORM' target='_blank' title='digital-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>digital and documentary evidence in this case like bank statements, whatsapp chats audio recordings, etc. During the investigation, it was found that the accused Raviraj used many SIM cards to hide his real identity. On this basis, he cheated many people. The accused started collecting money in this way. Rs 80 lakh has been found in one of his bank accounts. Apart from this, during the investigation, it was also been found that the accused Raviraj is a habitual offender. He has been involved in extortion of money for many years. LEA has already arrested Raviraj in this case.
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