Chinese Man Creates Football Betting App In Gujarat, Scams Victims Of Rs 1,400 Crore – News18

A Chinese nationwide, together with perpetrators based mostly in Gujarat, created a deceitful soccer betting app that collectively scammed 1,200 folks and utilizing it—managed to steal roughly Rs 1,400 crore in a span of 9 days.

According to The Times of India, the mastermind, Woo Uyanbe—who hails from China’s Shenzhen area—was discovered to be working the rip-off out of Patan and Banaskantha. The Gujarat Police wanted to kind a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to resolve the case. Moreover, CID was first alerted about the identical when it was found that perpetrators have been duping victims—each in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh—utilizing the ‘Dani Data’ app.

It was the Agra Police that first formally launched an inquiry that led to CID discovering the fraudulent scheme by the Chinese scammer.

“During our investigation, we learned that the Chinese national was in India between 2020 and 2022. He spent time in Patan and Banaskantha, where he met numerous locals and lured them with promises of wealth. He and his accomplices in Gujarat then launched the app in May 2022. It invited bets and promised substantial returns,” the investigating officer was quoted as saying by The Times of India.

The frequency of the rip-off was outrageous. Every day, the fraudsters stole a median of Rs 200 crore from victims ranging between 17 and 75 years previous.

In whole, the fraudulent soccer betting app was on-line for a interval of 9 days. While it might not sound like an extended interval, the scammers did find yourself stealing Rs 1,400 crore in whole. After 9 days, the app grew to become non-functional—making victims understand that they’d been deceived.

In the matter, as reported by The Times of India, thus far 9 arrests have been made for serving to the Chinese man, Woo Uyanbe—in sending the cash to China utilizing ‘hawala.’ However, adequate proof couldn’t be collected towards Woo Uyanbe, who can also be the alleged mastermind behind the entire operation. He has additionally allegedly fled again to his residence nation, China, the place he continues to function different schemes.