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The Times of India
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Gang used app with China link to extort many

NEW DELHI: The crime branch has busted a loan app gang with the arrest of five people from Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

The gang allegedly provided easy loans through an Android application and then used it to extort money from the victims by sending vulgar pictures and threat messages to the targets, their family members and others found on their phone contact lists. The extorted money was later sent to China through cryptocurrencies, police said.

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