Delhi Police have arrested three men and busted a pan-India job racket that was allegedly being run in connivance with a Chinese module.  The accused — Abhishek Garg (40), Satish Yadav (36) and Sandeep Mahla (32) — were allegedly running a pan-India online part-time job racket in the name of Amazon.

They were arrested following raids in Delhi, Gurugram and Fatehabad. The syndicate's suspected mastermind operated from Georgia and a base in Dubai. A 'lookout circular' and other legal action are being initiated to nab him, the police said. They syndicate allegedly created a fictitious website designed by China-based developers. It's link was shared through a Telegram ID whose IP address was also traced to China. The module was formed and modulated from China, they added. The accused used YouTube, Instagram, Telegram, WhatsApp and other social media platforms to promote their website and dupe people.  The police initiated a probe after a woman from Rohini in Delhi complained in September that she was duped with a part-time online job offer at Amazon and cheated of Rs 1,18,000 through an ad on Instagram. The IP address of the Telegram ID used by the scammers was traced to Beijing (China). The WhatsApp number used to defraud the victims by luring them to invest in a fake Amazon website was also operated from outside India, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Outer North) Devesh Kumar Mahla said. According to information received from the bank, a shell company account in the name of 'Krishna Enterperises' was used to accumulate the defrauded money. 

While examining the account details, it was found that over Rs 5.17 crore was credited in September alone. The money trail also revealed that the entire amount was siphoned through 7 firms to overseas accounts using cryptocurrency.