Interstate Cyber Fraud Exposed In Delhi, Two Student Fraudsters Arrested For Committing Fraud Through Mule Bank Accounts

Jagran correspondent, New Delhi. Rajendra Nagar police station team has busted a Mule Bank account (bank account used in criminal activities) linked to an interstate cyber fraud and arrested two fraudsters.

The arrested fraudsters have been identified as Mishu Sachdeva of Ranjit Nagar and Pranshu of West Patel Nagar. Mishu Sachdeva is pursuing BBA from Manipal University, while Pranshu is pursuing BCA from Amity University. The defrauded amount of Rs 1.8 lakh has been traced from his three bank accounts. The accused had opened five bank accounts.

According to the Deputy Commissioner of Central District, during the special campaign being run to curb cyber crime, the details of suspicious Mule Bank accounts were given to Rajendra Nagar Police through NCRP portal through Cyber ​​Police Station. During verification, a fraudulent amount of Rs 50 thousand was found deposited in an account of Utkarsh Small Finance Bank Limited on November 19.

Call made by posing as fake international customs officer

This amount was part of a total cyber fraud of Rs 3.50 lakh perpetrated on the complainant from Bengaluru, in which the call was made by posing as a fake international customs officer. Then a team was formed under the leadership of Inspector Sunny Kumar to solve the case and Mishu Sachdeva was arrested from her house in Ranjit Nagar.

During interrogation, he told that he had opened that bank account 15 to 20 days ago and handed it over to Rahul alias Happy through his friend Pranshu for use in exchange of money. He had got accounts and five SIM cards issued in his name in five different banks. Rahul had given him five thousand rupees for each account.

At present, efforts are on to arrest the main beneficiary of the police Mule accounts, Rahul alias Happy, and to identify other victims linked to these accounts.