Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): The cyber crime branch police on Saturday arrested two persons involved in selling mule bank accounts to cyber conmen. These bank accounts were used to transfer cash from accounts of bank customers who were duped by cyber conmen on pretext of providing profits in online share trading. The accused were being questioned further, police said. Additional DCP (crime) Shailendra Singh Chauhan said a cyber fraud victim approached police in July 2024 and informed that he was lured into online share trading by a woman named Casey Aylward and was duped of Rs 1.44 crore.
The crime branch launched investigation on the basis of mobile numbers and bank accounts used in the fraud. Following technical analyses of clues and surveillance, the police identified the persons who sold the mule bank accounts that were used in the cyber fraud. Crime branch team carried out raids in Maharashtra and arrested Tamas Ganesh (33) of Gadchiroli and Pintu Singh Bais (36) of Nagpur. Mobile phones, SIM cards, ATM cards and documents were seized from them. Earlier, police arrested Nazim Ansari (28) and Saif Ali (28) of Indore who provided bank accounts to cyber conmen.
Modus operandi
ACP (cyber crime) Sujeet Tiwari said the cyber conmen used to add bank customers in WhatsApp groups and lured them into online share trading promising high return. They were sent links of an app ACVVL ONLINE and were asked to create an account in which their investment was deposited. The victims were shown fake profits in the ACVVL app and were even given some cash in return of 20 per cent tax to gain confidence. Once the victim deposited hefty cash as investment, the withdrawal was restricted and their account in the app was blocked by cyber fraudsters.
