Fake job racket busted in Hyderabad, five arrested

A fake job racket was busted by the Hyderabad Task Force on Tuesday. The five-member gang swindled about Rs 50 lakh by cheating job aspirants promising jobs in multinational companies such as Wipro, Amazon and Cognizant.

Fake appointment letters of Wipro, Amazon and other firms were seized by the police who arrested all the accused and remanded them to judicial custody.

According to the reports, the fraudsters also cheated supermarkets with a fake Paytm app and purchased grocery worth Rs 50,000.

A case has been registered against the accused on charges of fraud.