A 36-year-old man named Wasim Ahmed was arrested by Noida police on Wednesday for allegedly pretending to be a journalist and cheating over 100 people by promising them jobs at major multinational companies.
Shakti Mohan Avasthy, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Noida), confirmed the arrest. “The accused has been identified as Wasim Ahmed, a native of Bijnor currently residing in the Ecotech-3 area of Gautam Buddh Nagar. The Sector-63 police arrested him,” he said.
Ahmed had hired two women as assistants, paying them Rs 12,000 each per month in his office, which he had been running in Noida’s Sector-81.
He also managed a YouTube channel called TODAY Jobs Noida, where he posted fake job advertisements. “He would charge them registration and certain file charges, then, after taking their fake interviews, give them fake appointment letters from companies like Samsung, Oppo, Vivo, Haier, LG, etc.,” said Avasthy.
The scam came to light after a complaint was filed on April 26 by a man named Yogendra, who said he was duped by someone pretending to be a journalist. Based on this, the police launched an investigation and arrested Ahmed using local intelligence.
Ahmed used several aliases, including Ravindra Sharma, Kapil Bhati, Piyush Bhati, Rohit Kumar, Rohit Chandela, and Rahul Bhati.
Over 200 visiting cards, interview forms, job-related documents, two mobile phones, and a Wagon R car were recovered from his possession.
“When these people would discover they had not gotten a job with the promised company and would call him, Ahmed would switch off his phone. If those duped people visited his office, he would make excuses and scare them away by calling himself a journalist,” the DCP said.
He also has a criminal record and has previously served jail time in similar cases registered at Sector-49 and Sector-20.
