The MP Police have arrested the interstate racket online fake bank accounts exposed for the first time in Madhya Pradesh, 7 arrested
Fake transactions worth crores of rupees were done in 150 accounts caught, the network was spread in many states.
Bank accounts were being sold for Rs 5 to 15 thousand
Offenses for which arrest was made in cases registered including one case Kundam police station under section 420 IPC and two cases in Gorakhpur police station section 406,420 IPC.
Names of accused arrested in the online cheating cases were Iftakar Ahmed age 43 years, Mohammad Asif age 43 years, Ajit Ben age 29 years, Hemant Pillai alias Sunny age 27 years, Arvind Yadav age 32 years, Ashish Kori age 24 years, Pyush Khatik, age 21 years all from Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh were arrested by the police.
While those accused at large including Akbar Ahmed and Salim of Jamtada, Jharkhand.
In a case registered in Police Station Kundam, a complaint was made by Arvind Singh Marko, resident of Kundam, that on 10.07.23, Rs 1 lakh were fraudulently withdrawn from his account had taken place. On investigation of complaint, a crime case was registered under section 420 of Indian Penal Code at Kundam police station and was taken up for investigation.
On 18.01.24 in Police Station Gorakhpur, Rohit Dhote, resident of Gupteshwar reported that Ajit Ben had taken his bank passbook, ATM and mobile number in the name of getting a loan. When he did not get the loan for a long time, the bank, when he went and inquired, he came to know that unauthorized transactions worth lakhs had taken place in his account without his knowledge. On the report, crime case was registered under section 406,420 of Indian Penal Code and taken into investigation, the police said.
Superintendent of Police, Jabalpur Aditya Pratap Singh (I.P.S.) was continuously receiving complaints of online fraud and ordered to conduct investigation and arrest the accused, thus a team of Cyber Cell and Crime Branch was formed and given necessary directions regarding investigation.
During investigation, an amount of Rs 1 lakh was transferred from the account of complainant Arvind Singh of Kundam police station to the account of Ashish Kori, resident of Tilwara.
Similarly, on investigation of the complaint made by Rohit Dhote in Gorakhpur police station, it was found that in the name of getting the loan, it was given to Ranjhi, resident of Ajit Ben. Ajit Ben is being interrogated by taking him into custody.
Similarly, on investigation of the complaint made by Tushar Jharia, it was found that he had given the account to Hemant Pillai to get the loan, when Hemant Pillai was taken into custody and interrogated, Hemant Pillai told that he had collected such accounts and given details of such bank accounts to Iftakar Ahmed and Arvind Yadav resident of Gosalpur was sold it for Rs 12 thousand. Arvind Yadav is being interrogated, the police said.
It is noteworthy that in the investigation so far, unauthorized transactions worth crores have been found in about 150 to 200 accounts of Bank of India, Union Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Canara Bank, IDFC Bank, Indian Bank, etc. process is going on to seize these accounts, the police said.
