vadodara hundreds have fallen victims to the chinese loan app scam across the country but a student from gujarat scammed the scamsters sanjeev baria a resident of gandhinagar duped the app operators of lakhs of rupees cybercrime sleuths said that baria took loans worth about rs 2 lakh from different apps but never returned thembaria a thirdyear student of btech was arrested in another case of cybercrime and during his interrogation the cops learnt about the loan scam he had a fair idea of the loan app scams and decided to make some money out of it baria told us that he developed a software programme to hoodwink the verification system of the apps said a cybercrime official he registered with the loan apps using a fake identity and photograph baria also reportedly opened bank accounts using bogus identification where the loan money was transferredthose providing loan through apps verify the credentials of the loanee baria foxed them and took loans worth about rs 2 lakh from different apps the cybercrime official told toi he didnt pay back any amount so the loan app operators must have begun looking for him to recover the loan the police said but baria was untraceable as he used all bogus documents to avail the loan baria is a student of computer science so he has expertise in this technology he made money by duping the app operators said b n patel police inspector cybercrime police said that they are investigating if 22yearold baria a native of dahod resorted to any other tricks for making money he in fact requested the police to allow him to appear for his exams that are slated next week at his college in gandhinagar the police said that the those providing loans of small amounts by apps usually trap the persons in need of money once the person takes the loan he or she is pressured to return the money within a short duration by charging a high interest rate if the person doesnt pay the gang threatens or blackmails him or her and even harasses the loanees relatives