Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police have arrested a loan agent from Kalewadi for allegedly renting out his bank account to cybercriminals, enabling it to be used as a mule account for transferring money obtained through online fraud.Police said transactions worth Rs 93 lakh were routed through the accused’s bank account, which has been linked to 13 cybercrime complaints registered from different parts of the country.Assistant Police Inspector Pravin Swami of the Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police said the arrest was made during Operation Mule Hunt, an initiative to identify bank accounts allegedly used by cybercriminals to receive and transfer money siphoned from victims.“Cybercrooks target small traders, students and daily wage workers. They lure them with commissions in exchange for renting out their bank accounts, which are then used to receive and transfer money obtained through cyber fraud. We trace such accounts to dismantle cybercrime syndicates,” Swami said.Police Sub-Inspector R G Dolas said the accused’s bank account was found to be linked to 13 complaints registered on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal.“We found that transactions worth Rs 93 lakh had been routed through his account. We traced him and arrested him,” Dolas said.During interrogation, the accused told police that cybercriminals contacted him in January and promised to improve his CIBIL score if he allowed them to use his bank account.“The account was used between Jan 4 and 14 to receive and transfer money,” Dolas said.The accused has been booked under sections 112 (petty organised crime), 61 (criminal conspiracy) and 318 (cheating) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. Further investigation is underway.
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