2 held for health insurance scam in Delhi

Two women have been recently arrested by Delhi police for allegedly duping more than 350 people with false promise of providing them health insurance at a low premium. In accordance with the police, the arrested have been identified as Suman Lata (34) and Jyoti (33). Police have arrested from west Delhi’s Vikaspuri area. The accused revealed during the probe that they were procuring database of customers from employees of call centres after paying 5 paise to 50 paise per contact, the police said. According to Devender Arya, Deputy Commissioner of police (south-west), Suman had failed to get a good appraisal at her previous job following which she decided to create fake websites selling healthcare services in order to dupe them. “She roped in her former colleague Jyoti and started offering insurance at a low premium. During interrogation, Suman revealed that she approached employees of several call centers and procured data from them in exchange for money,” Arya said. Police said she used to pay depending on the profile and details of each contact. “If they got details of someone with a high income whose relative was hospitalised, she would pay 50 paise. For a middle-class contact, the price was 30 paise,” said a senior police officer. The police said she would also pay 5 paise for the most basic details such as a contact number.