2 cyber criminals held in Giridih
Bokaro: Two
cyber criminals
were arrested from Gandey police station limits after information about them was received through the Pratibimb Portal,
Giridih police
said on Friday.
Giridih SP Bimal Kumar said Rafaul Ansari and Mohammad Sameer Ansari, both residents of Pandanatad in Gandey, were arrested near Beragi Railway Bridge during an operation under Bengabad police station limits.
"Seven mobile phones, 11 SIM cards, three ATM cards, and several PAN cards were found from their possession," Kumar said.
The SP said that during questioning, Rafaul and Sameer disclosed that they deceived their victims by offering KYC update assistance over telephone calls and stole from their bank accounts. They also confessed to distributing fraudulent APK files claiming to be from Airtel Payments Bank and Bandhan Bank.
Cyber DSP Abid Khan, who headed the team which nabbed the duo, said, "The criminals had been active in numerous states. They face 16
cyber fraud
cases across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Punjab, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, and other regions."
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