Mumbai: Bank employee arrested by Gurugram Police for opening fake accounts

The Gurugram cyber police have arrested a deputy manager of a private sector bank from Mumbai who allegedly opened fake bank accounts for fraudsters to meet his targets the police officials said the PTI reported on TuesdayThe bank employee allegedly opened around five such fake accounts into which cyber fraudsters deposited lakhs they saidThe suspect a deputy manager of a private banks Mumbai branch was arrested on MondayThe cyber fraudsters had fraudulently transferred Rs 19 lakh to the bank account provided by the accused deputy manager to them Till now the accused has made available around five bank accounts to cyber thugs said Priyanshu Dewan ACP cyberSo far five accused have been arrested in the same case We have already arrested 12 bank employees involved with cyber thugs earlier We are questioning the accused Dewan said according to the PTIAccording to police in November 10 2022 a complaint was filed regarding cheating of about Rs 45 lakh by investments in the cryptocurrency market through a fake websiteA case was registered on the matter at the Gurugram cyber crime east police stationAn investigation into the case by a team of cyber police led by Inspector Savit Kumar on Monday arrested the suspect a resident of Andheri Mumbai in connection with the caseDuring police interrogation of the accused it was revealed that the accused that to achieve his target he had opened a fake bank account and made it available to fraudsters police added the news agency reported on TuesdayMeanwhile in an another incident as many as bine people were arrested for allegedly supplying fake SIM cards to cyber criminals who used them to defraud various individuals of approximately Rs 3713 lakh police said on Tuesday reported the PTIA total of 54 fake SIM cards were also recovered from their possession the police saidThese accused were involved with cyber criminals to whom they provided with fake SIM cards which were used to defraud people in various ways We have recovered 54 fake SIM cards from their possession and are currently questioning them Assistant Commissioner of Police ACP Cyber Priyanshu Dewan said according to the PTIPolice investigation and data analysis have revealed that these accused were involved in nine different cases of cyber fraud ACP Dewan said adding that in these cases the cyber fraudsters cheated people of approximately Rs 3713 lakhOf these nine cases two are registered in police station cyber crime east four in police station cyber crime west and three in police station cyber crime south in Gurugram Dewan said as per the PTIwith PTI inputs