Gurugram Police arrests 3 for supplying bank accounts to cyber fraudsters

Gurugram, Jul 9 (PTI) Three persons were arrested for allegedly supplying bank accounts to a cyber fraud syndicate that cheated people on the pretext of helicopter bookings for the Char Dham Yatra, police said on Thursday. Five mobile phones, five bank passbooks, 16 cheque books and 18 ATM cards were recovered from their possession, they said. The accused, arrested on Wednesday, were identified as Ajit Kumar Shah (30), Pradum (30), and Vinay (40), all residents of Uttar Pradesh. A case has been registered against them at the Cyber Police Station (South), police said. During interrogation, the accused allegedly told police that they had updated the addresses on their Aadhaar cards and opened more than 10 bank accounts each in different banks. They allegedly handed over the cheque books, passbooks, ATM cards and other banking documents linked to these accounts to cyber fraud syndicates in return for a commission of Rs 5,000 per account. According to police, Vinay disclosed that he had joined the racket at the instance of another person and later roped in Ajit Kumar Shah and Pradum. During the investigation, police found three complaints registered on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal against the recovered bank accounts and mobile numbers. "The accused are being interrogated in detail regarding their role in the present case and other cyber fraud cases, the identities of their associates, financial transactions carried out through the bank accounts, and the larger cyber fraud network," ACP (Cyber) Gaurav Fogat said. PTI COR APL APL