Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police Nab Haryana Resident Involved in Deceptive Scheme with Dafabet

In a significant development, the Cyber Crime Police in Hyderabad have successfully apprehended an individual from Haryana for planning a deceptive scheme in collaboration with Dafabet, a leading online gaming platform.

Acting on reliable information, the cyber crime unit made the arrest and seized substantial assets from the suspect, including a cash amounting to Rs 1.40 crore, 23 mobile phones, 3 hard disks, 2 laptops, 36 bank cheque books, and 52 debit cards.

According to a report by India Today, Hyderabad Police Commissioner K Sreenivasa Reddy revealed that the accused, identified as 36-year-old Hitesh Goyal, residing in Haryana, along with his associates Sanjeev based in Dubai and Hong Kong, defrauded numerous individuals nationwide through the use of the online gaming platform Dafabet.

Goyal, operating from an office in Delhi, was involved in managing various bank accounts and Merchant IDs, executing fraudulent transactions that targeted unsuspecting victims, as stated in a press release by the police.

The investigation began following a complaint filed by a resident of Somajiguda in Hyderabad who fell victim to cyber fraud on the ‘dafabet.com’ website, resulting in a reported loss of 70 lakhs transferred to accounts provided by the fraudsters.

The Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police have registered a case against the accused under sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 420 (cheating), and various sections of the TS Amendment Gaming Act of 2017.