Scam Valley? Surat men’s funnel in global cyber fraud 1,000 crores; 89 bank accounts targeted | Bharat News
The Gujarat Police on Friday revealed that international cyber criminals transferred more than Rs 1,455 crore through 89 Indian bank accounts in just six months.According to Police Inspector SN Desai, these accounts were provided to criminals by three people of Surat, based on the commission.On May 28, the fraud came to light after meeting Kirat Jadavani, Khokhar, and Mayur Italia. After recovering 21 debit cards, 30 check books and six PAN cards issued under different names, men were placed on charges of cheating and forgery. His arrest examined a regular vehicle in the Udana area of Surat, where a colleague was caught carrying a fake PAN card and firm Stamp.“We found that the three opened 165 bank accounts using documents of people applying for personal loans. He reached criminals for cyber crimes including digital arrest, half transfer, task fraud, betting, stock market fraud, online fraud and OTP fraud, ”Desai said.According to Desai, the accused came in contact with the cyber gang located in Cuba, Thailand and Malaysia, which was through the messaging app Telegram. In exchange for access to accounts, they were offered a beautiful commission.Desai said, “We have received 89 out of these 165 accounts from the bank so far. All identified accounts are settled after the victims filed a complaint.”Police believe that the fraudsters used a clever trick to open bank accounts, contacted people applying for individual loans and claimed to take their documents that they could help secure money.After opening an account using those documents, they would return the papers to the applicant, saying the loan was rejected.Desai said, “Since he used to give his mobile number to get OTP, the applicant never realized that a bank account was opened in his name,” Desai explained.“Initially, the gang will lease each account for Rs 7 lakh to Rs 17 lakh to Rs 17 lakh. As their operations increased, they began a 3% to 4% deduction of each transaction rooted through accounts. In just six months, the three, the three, earned Rs 10 crore from the commission.The National Cybercrime Reporting Portal has already received about 2,500 complaints related to these accounts, including 265 from Gujarat alone in the last six months.
