Indore: Crime Branch has arrested two men for allegedly allowing a nationalised bank account to be used as a mule account in a multi-state cyber fraud operation, with 10 cybercrime complaints linked to the account across Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Kerala, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana.Additional DCP Rajesh Dandotiya said the action was taken under Operation Matrix after information received from State Cyber Police Headquarters, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), ministry of home affairs, and National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) flagged the account at Bank of India’s Vijay Nagar branch as suspicious.Police identified the account as being registered in the name of Yash Sharma, a photographer from Dharampuri, Indore. During questioning, investigators allegedly found that the account was being operated by Jatin Chandel, a private company employee and resident of New Gauri Nagar.Records available on Cybercrime portal showed 10 complaints of cyber fraud registered against the account from different states. The complaints indicated that the account had allegedly been used in cyber offences reported in multiple parts of the country.Based on the preliminary investigation and available evidence, Crime Branch registered an FIR against Sharma and Chandel under Sections 318(4) and 3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Both the accused were arrested for committing serious cheating together with a shared criminal intent.Investigators are now examining the actual use of the bank account, suspicious financial transactions and the involvement of other people who may have helped operate the account. Police are also probing possible links to an interstate cybercrime network.
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