Cybercrime police on Friday busted a racket and arrested a sextet for allegedly creating bank accounts using the credentials of gullible people and then using them for transactions related to cybercrime.
The suspects operated from rented houses in Masikere and offered money ranging from ₹5,000 to ₹10,000 to gullible people in return for sharing their credentials details such as Aadhaar cards and PAN cards. The suspects used this to open bank accounts that they would share with cybercriminals to transfer funds from cyber-related crimes.
The incident came to light when Manjesh, a native of Bangalore, was asked by the accused for his Aadhaar and PAN card details in exchange for ₹10,000 ₹10,000 ₹10,000. Suspicious, Manjesh went to their house and found hundreds of such documents lying around. He alerted the cybercrime police, who raided the house and arrested Sameer, Mohammed Hasan, Amr Babu, Mohammed Irfan, Tangier and Manjunath from Kerala.
Police said the suspects worked for a person in Dubai. Police seized approximately 126 bank accounts created by the defendant, into which funds were transferred and withdrawn. With their arrest, the police managed to unravel his 75 cybercrime cases reported in and around the city.
City Police Commissioner B. Dayananda said further investigations were being carried out to ascertain the suspicious transactions carried out in the seized accounts.
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