2 held for letting cyber cons use bank a/cs for fraud

Times News NetworkChandigarh: The cyber cell of the UT Police arrested two persons for allegedly providing their bank accounts to online cheaters for commission. The arrested accused allegedly received fraud proceeds in their account and gave money to the fraudsters on commission.The accused are Salman Ansari, 24, a resident of Mullanpur, Mohali and Bheem Saroj, 32, a resident of Khuda Lahora village, Chandigarh,The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs alerted the Chandigarh cyber police about several bank accounts operating in the city which were linked to fraud complaints registered on the I4C portal. These complaints were registered from different states such as Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Goa, Mumbai, Gujarat, and others.During investigation, it was found that the accounts were being used as “mule accounts” for use in cyber fraud cases.Several such accounts were identified and account holders verified during investigation. Police arrested Salman and Bheem Saroj and claimed that the accused had admitted their involvement. They said that an unknown person approached Salman Ansari for a mule account and Salman asked Bheem Saroj to open a new account.After opening an account, they furnished Bhim Saroj’s account to the cyber cons. They said large amounts of money were deposited into the bank account by unknown persons. Salman Ansari allegedly withdrew the money through cheques and handed it over to the fraudster. In return, they allegedly received a commission and divided it among them.The involvement of the accused was also confirmed by the financial transactions in their accounts, police said.