3 held in Rajkot for providing cybercriminals accounts
Vadodara: Cybercrime sleuths arrested three men who allegedly provided bank accounts to a gang to perpetrate cyberfraud. All the accused were arrested from Rajkot, after police traced back accounts used in crimes to them.
"The trio opened some 10 accounts in various banks and then gave the accounts to a cyberfraud gang, which paid them a commission. The accounts were in the names of various people. The cybercriminals use such accounts to transfer the stolen money and withdraw it," said B N Patel, Cybercrime police inspector.
The persons arrested are Ravi Vala, Firoz Dodhiya and Aqil Belim. "All three are labourers," the police said. "We are trying to get details of the person they sold the bank accounts to.
Once we track him down, we will be able to bust the gang," Patel told TOI.
Police were investigating a Rs 1.28 crore fraud case, filed by a businessman at the Cybercrime police station. The gang lured the businessman by promising rich returns from stock market investments and convinced him to bring in more investors. The accused got him to download a fraudulent mobile app saying he could monitor his 'investments' on it.
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Police said the app showed him bogus profit figures, so he kept investing until he realized he had been cheated. "The gang used several bank accounts to transfer stolen funds, and hence they roped in the accused trio. We are also investigating if the trio provided bank accounts to other gangs in the past," Patel added.
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