Cyber Crime Unit of Gurugram has arrested 4 accused including 3 bank managers. It is alleged that the three bank managers had met the mastermind of cyber fraud in Mewat. They kept in constant touch with the cyber fraudster and provided him bank accounts to carry out cyber fraud incidents. In return, they used to charge 15 to 20 thousand rupees per bank account from cyber thugs.
Cyber Crime Unit of Gurugram, Haryana has arrested 4 accused. The special thing is that three of the accused were working as manager and assistant manager in Kotak Mahindra Bank. In the last 7 months, the accused have committed cyber fraud by opening 2000 accounts in Kotak Mahindra Bank.
ACP Priyanshu Diwan of Cyber Crime Unit said that on November 18, 2023, a person complained that a call came on his phone and the caller introduced himself as his friend Devendra. Then he asked his son to transfer Rs 10,000 for his treatment and sent the UPI ID. Realizing that the condition of his friend’s son was bad, he transferred Rs 10,000 to the bank account given to him.
The victim called his friend Devendra and then…
After some time, when the victim called his friend Devendra, it was found that he had not made any call. Nor has he demanded any money. Someone has cheated him by transferring money fraudulently. Seeing the seriousness of the matter, the cyber crime team started investigation. During the investigation, the team succeeded in arresting 4 accused who provided the bank account.
All three accused were managers in the bank
The accused were identified as Mohit Rathi, Mahesh Kumar, Vishwakarma Maurya and Hayat. During interrogation of the accused, it was revealed that Mohit Rathi (Assistant Manager), Mahesh Kumar (Deputy Manager) and Vishwakarma Maurya (Deputy Manager), all three were working in Kotek Mahindra Bank branch MG Road. The three accused had met the mastermind of cyber fraud in Mewat through Hayat.
‘Used to provide bank accounts to cyber thugs’
They kept in constant touch with the cyber fraudster and provided him bank accounts to carry out cyber fraud incidents. In return, they used to charge 15 to 20 thousand rupees per bank account from cyber thugs. Earlier he used to provide bank accounts to cyber thugs through Hayat and currently he had direct contact with cyber thugs.
Police is investigating the matter
The bank account to which the money was transferred from the victim by the cyber thug was also opened by the accused. Accused Mohit Rathi, Mahesh Kumar and Vishwakarma Maurya were working in Kotek Mahindra Bank for the last 7 months. During this period he had opened about 2 thousand bank accounts. Investigation is being done to determine whether all these bank accounts have been used for fraud or not.
