Gurgaon: Gurugram cyber police have arrested a man for allegedly providing bank accounts to Chinese fraudsters to help them commit fraud under the pretext of investments, an official said on Friday. A passport, three mobile phones and two SIM cards from Nepal and Sri Lanka were recovered from the accused’s possession. Police have remanded the accused in judicial custody for three days after he was produced before a city court, the official said.
According to police, a resident filed a complaint with the Manesar cybercrime police station on February 8 that he had been defrauded of Rs 3 million by unknown persons under the pretext of providing him with higher returns on his investments.
A complaint was filed and an investigation was initiated in the case. Three accused – Neeraj Kumar, Amir Ahmed and Nandkishore – were arrested on June 26. The fourth accused in the case, identified as Murjad Singh Shekhawat of Sonipat, was arrested on Thursday, police said.
During interrogation, Shekhawat admitted that part of the swindled amount was transferred to the account of another accused, Neeraj Kumar. He sold the account to Amir Ahmed, who further sold it to Nandkishore for Rs 30,000, police said.
Nandkishore then sold the account to Shekhawat and sent packages containing several bank accounts to Chinese fraudsters via courier, it was said.
“It has also come to light that the accused Murjad Singh Shekhawat was put in touch with Chinese people through WhatsApp by a Nepali citizen. Shekhawat was in Sri Lanka from May to July. The accused received 1.5 percent of the swindled amount transferred to the bank account provided to him. We are interrogating him after he is remanded in custody,” said Priyanshu Dewan, ACP Cyber.
