Indian police have arrested 6 men for allegedly posing as police and extorting “donations” from a rented office labelled a “crime investigative bureau.”
The “International Police and Crime Investigation Bureau,” run from an office decorated with “police-like colors and logos,” was located in New Delhi suburb Noida, police said in a statement late Sunday.
The accused forged documents and certificates and ran a website where they sought “donations” from victims, police said.
They also claimed they had an “affiliation with Interpol” and other international crime units.
“The perpetrators presented themselves as public servants,” the police said.
Shakti Mohan Awasthy, the deputy commissioner of police for Central Noida, stated that the suspects had been running the fake office for more than two weeks.
“They used to use phony documents and trademarks to extort money from victims. To dazzle individuals, they also posed as government officials,” he stated.
Police recovered several mobile phones, checkbooks, stamp seals and identity cards.
A 27-year-old arts graduate and a 26-year-old law graduate were among the six men arrested. Three of other suspects are in their twenties while one suspect is 57 years old.
Only a few weeks have passed since a guy was arrested for allegedly operating a phony embassy out of a rented home close to New Delhi and defrauding job seekers of their money by promising them jobs overseas.
The accused was operating an illegal “West Arctic embassy” and claimed to be the ambassador of fictional nations including “West Arctica, Saborga, Poulvia, Lodonia.”
