Crackdown against cyber crime.
Digital Desk, New Delhi. Madhya Pradesh Cyber Police Headquarters is preparing to tighten the noose against Mule (rental) accounts and account holders who are used for depositing and transferring money through cyber fraud. In the first phase, 800 such accounts have been identified in which any fraudulent amount was received first.
In all the districts, the police are taking out the horoscopes of these accounts and account holders. In this it is being seen what is the role of the account holder. Whether he has a role in giving or selling the account to fraudsters or not. The fraudsters got new accounts opened or already opened accounts were sold or given on rent. Let us tell you, about three lakh Mule accounts have been detected in Madhya Pradesh. Everything will be investigated in a phased manner. The police have named this operation Operation Matrix.
450 crore rupees have been defrauded
This year alone, cyber fraud worth Rs 450 crore has happened to the people of Madhya Pradesh. Some of the accounts used in these are in Madhya Pradesh, some in other states or abroad. Earlier, Cyber Police had launched Operation Fast against those selling fake SIMs. 3824 vendors selling SIMs fraudulently were identified. After inquiry, 50 FIRs were registered.
In the same campaign, it was revealed that fake SIM cards were also being used to open Mule accounts. Mule accounts were detected not only by cyber police but also during the interrogation of financial fraud accused caught by STF.
This is mule account
This account is used to keep the fraudulent amount. These are opened on the basis of fake documents or they mislead someone and get them to open fraudulent accounts by taking his documents. Such cases have also come to light that out of greed for some money or due to ignorance, the account holder gave his account to the fraudsters for use.
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