EOW busts fake investment racket
1 May 2013 1:33 AM GMT
The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has busted a fake investment racket in the insurance sector. Three persons have been arrested, which includes two insurance agents and a call centre owner.
'The racketeers caused over Rs 90 lakh loss to ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company by victimising 700 people,' Sanjay Goel, joint commissioner of police (EOW) said. The arrested have been identified as Ankur Goyal (23), Praveen Yadav (26) and Pradeep Yadav (28).
All the accused persons used to make fake tele-calls using unofficially accessed customer details and dupe the victims by impersonating as representatives of insurance companies/IRDA, thus inducing innocent persons to purchase policies which they otherwise would not have purchased. A complaint was made by ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company alleging that certain unscrupulous people have unofficially accessed/stolen details of their customers through various sources, and attempted to cheat customers of the complainant company by impersonating as representatives/officials/employees of the complainant company. Goel added that during investigation it has been revealed that the matter relates to fraudulent calls made to various policy holders of the insurance company.
'The racketeers caused over Rs 90 lakh loss to ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company by victimising 700 people,' Sanjay Goel, joint commissioner of police (EOW) said. The arrested have been identified as Ankur Goyal (23), Praveen Yadav (26) and Pradeep Yadav (28).
All the accused persons used to make fake tele-calls using unofficially accessed customer details and dupe the victims by impersonating as representatives of insurance companies/IRDA, thus inducing innocent persons to purchase policies which they otherwise would not have purchased. A complaint was made by ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company alleging that certain unscrupulous people have unofficially accessed/stolen details of their customers through various sources, and attempted to cheat customers of the complainant company by impersonating as representatives/officials/employees of the complainant company. Goel added that during investigation it has been revealed that the matter relates to fraudulent calls made to various policy holders of the insurance company.
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