A 21-year-old entrepreneur who runs a travel business in Kolkata got caught up in a tricky situation. He let online scammers use his uncle’s bank account, and then he filed a false report about missing documents of the bank account in Bangalore to have an alibi ready. The problem escalated when a builder from Malad lost around R12.19 lakh in a fraud linked to that bank account. This builder reported the issue to the North Cyber Police on December 20.

As the police dug into the matter, they found a bank account that had received about Rs 50,000 from the builder’s money. This led them to freeze the account. They called in the account owner for questioning. During questioning, they found out that the account owner, living in Nalasopara, had a fishing business and an ICICI Bank account named “Anjali Fish.” He confessed that his nephew, Siddharth Biswas, 21, was using this account. Strangely, Biswas had also complained to the Bangalore police about the missing account. The police detained Biswas for further investigation.