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1.5 lakh-page chargesheet filed in Rs 1,550Cr cyberfraud
Surat: The Udhna police on Monday filed a voluminous chargesheet running into a staggering 1.5 lakh pages in the Rs 1,550 crore
cyber fraud
racket, which was unearthed in May.
The chargesheet was filed against four main accused of the 12 persons, including eight RBL Bank executives.
The bankers allegedly facilitated the laundering of crores that were siphoned off in various online scams by opening mule accounts.
All 12 are in judicial custody.
During a routine vehicle checking drive on May 22, the police found some suspicious bank documents from a two-wheeler rider. The investigation trail led the police to expose what is being touted as one of the biggest cyber crimes in Gujarat.
After 88 days of intense probing, police filed the chargesheet against four main accused- Kirat Jadwani, Meet Khokhar, Mayur Italiya, and Deep Khaini.
Udhna police inspector S N Desai told TOI: "This chargesheet is only against the four main accused, and another will be filed against the eight bank officials in the near future as the investigation is underway. We have probed more than 200 witnesses in this case and unearthed 165 mule bank accounts, which the accused used to land cyber fraud money."
The money trail was traced to 2,500 complaints of cyber scams lodged across the country, including 265 from Gujarat and 37 from Surat, said Desai.
The accused were involved in cyberfraud operations run by Chinese gangs from Cuba, Malaysia, and Thailand. Police have seized Rs 2.5 crore in cash, 20 mobiles, and seven laptops/PCs in this case, and Rs 1.30 crore have been frozen in different bank accounts.
The arrested RBL bank officials are from the Varachha, Sahara Darwaja and Vesu branches. They include Amit Gupta (area head), Arun Ghoghari (service delivery manager), Mancy Goti, Kalpesh Katheriya, Ashish Dhadiya, Anil Jani, Naresh Manani and Kalpesh Kakadiya.
Investigation revealed that the accused received between Rs 20,000 and Rs 1 lakh per account opening to ignore missing documents or mandatory details.
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