Gujarat football betting scam: Chinese national yanks off Rs 1,400 crore within a mere nine-day

A Chinese national collaborated with local partners to engineer a football betting app that ensnared approximately 1,200 people from northern Gujarat, inflicting a staggering loss of Rs 1,400 crore upon the victims within a mere nine-day span, said police. The gravity of the operation spurred the Gujarat Police to assemble a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to unveil the mastermind behind the elaborate fraud. The pursuit eventually pinpointed Woo Uyanbe, a resident of China’s Shenzhen region, as the central figure. Allegedly, Uyanbe orchestrated the scam within the Patan and Banaskantha regions of Gujarat. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) first came across this intricate fraud in June 2022. The discovery was triggered by a group of con artists operating under the app name ‘Dani Data’, targeting individuals in both Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. In response, the Uttar Pradesh Police initiated an inquiry that led to connections with individuals in northern Gujarat. Subsequent investigation unveiled that the Chinese national had been present in India between 2020 and 2022, interacting with locals in Patan and Banaskantha. Allured by the promise of financial gains, Uyanbe and his Gujarat-based collaborators launched the deceptive app in May 2022. The application lured users with enticing prospects of substantial returns on bets placed within the app. Astoundingly, Uyanbe managed to accumulate a staggering average of Rs 200 crore per day, casting a wide net that included individuals ranging from 15 to 75 years of age. Capitalizing on the fervor surrounding football matches, the fraudulent app predominantly focused on these games as its platform for exploitation. However, after just nine days of operation, the app ceased to function, leaving victims to realize that their invested funds had vanished. (IANS)

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