Miscreants attack ED team in Delhi during raids in cyber crime case

An Enforcement Directorate team undertaking searches in a cyber fraud-linked money laundering case was allegedly attacked here on Thursday, officials said.

The agency has registered a police FIR about the incident that took place at a farmhouse that was raided by ED officials in the Bijwasan area of the national capital that falls under the Kapashera police station in southwest Delhi. “An Enforcement Officer (EO) suffered minor injuries during the attack. He is continuing with the searches after he was given first aid,” officials said.

The probe pertains to a case against the PYYPL app. The alleged accused in the case, including Ashok Sharma and his brother, allegedly attacked the ED team. The situation is under control and searches are going on, the sources said.

The search operations, according to sources, were launched after the ED got inputs from the I4C and the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) about cyber crimes like phishing, QR code cheating, part-time job fraud leading to fraud with many people.

It was found that money earned through this cyber fraud was being layered through as many as 15,000 'mule' accounts and withdrawn using debit and credit cards. Using these cards, it was found, money was remitted to top-up virtual accounts on UAE-based Pyypl payment aggregator and subsequently funds were used from Pyypl to buy cryptocurrency. The network was being run by some Chartered Accountants (CAs), the sources claimed.