Chandigarh: The cyber cell of UT Police has arrested four people, including one Bank Directorfor allegedly using documents of poor financially-backed people, daily wage workers and rickshaw pullers to open accounts in city banks, which were then forwarded to cyber fraudsters in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh who used them for illegal activities.
Police seized four mobile phones, one laptop and ten SIM cards from the accused, Birender Yadav, a resident of Ramdarbar, Utah; Devender Yadav, a resident of Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh; Shankar Suvan of Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh and Avinash Kumar, a resident of Sector 22, Chandigarh. Police produced the accused before a local court and remanded them in custody for further interrogation.
Acting on a tip-off, the cyber police raided a hotel in Sector 52 and caught the four.
During interrogation, police found that Devender was the boss of the gang. The accused offered Rs 5,000 to needy people and took their PAN and Aadhar card details to open bank accounts in the city. Police found that the accused had opened around 700 accounts after taking the ID cards of such people across the country. Police said that after opening the accounts, they forwarded them to cyber fraudsters in Bihar and UP for use. Devender and others received a share of 15-20% in each fraud case.
Avinash Kumar, who worked as an assistant manager in a private bank in Sector 22, was willing to open accounts for the accused, cops claimed. The gang gave him a target to open 120 fake accounts, police added.
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