How gang cheated 32 Indian students in US, Canada in the name of paying fees

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad cyber crime police, detective department, arrested three persons for duping 32 innocent Indian students studying in various universities in Canada and USA to the tune of Rs. 2 crores on the pretext of paying their college semester fees. They collected their details using fraudulent credit card transactions.

The accused have been identified as Devarashetti Pedda Venkateshwarlu, Devarashetti Gautam, and Kohirkar Nilesh.

Devarasetty Gautham was studying in the US. There, he collected details of students studying in USA and Canada through WhatsApp groups. He convinced the students that he would pay their fees through his credit card and give them a 10% discount. He collected the details of unsuspecting students and sent them to Koheerker Nitesh, his co-conspirator.

Nitesh, in turn, sent the details to Zibron in Dubai who paid the students’ fees through his fraudulently obtained credit cards. Since the payment was made through fraudulent cards, the fee was not accepted. The students admitted through this method had to repay the fee again.

The fee paid by the students, as instructed by Goutham, was deposited in the bank account of Goutham’s father Devarasetty Venkateswarulu. Goutham took commission and sent the rest to Nitesh. Nitesh, after deducting his commission, sent the rest in crypto form to Zibron.

The police seized from the three accused five mobile phones, four cheque books, five credit cards, and five debit cards. An ICICI bank account with Rs. 2,71,790 has been put on hold.