Uttar Pradesh: The accused who provided bank accounts to the fraud gang was arrested and many secrets were revealed
Aligarh’s cyber crime police station team has arrested the accused from Agra who provided bank accounts on commission to the gang that commits cyber fraud in the name of investment in the share market. During interrogation, the accused told how he used to provide bank accounts of people to the gang.
On May 14, a case was registered in the cyber crime police station based on the information of Dinesh Chandra Sharma son of Nannumal Sharma resident of Ahirpada Harduaganj, Aligarh. The cyber crime police station team has arrested the accused Ravindra Rathore alias Bunty son of Laxmi Narayan Rathore resident of 83 Omshree Phase 1 Samri Road near KCS School Kaulkkha police station Tajganj from Agra itself.
This is how he used to support the gang of fraud
CURRENT ACCOUNT PROVIDER is found through Android Application, Account Agents, Facebook Pages, Telegram Profile and Whatsapp Group and provides accounts to foreign cyber criminals who are mostly from Hong Kong and China. Required specifications of bank account like SBI2id,3id, Kotak Bank with CMS, Induslnd Bank With MQR, VOI with MQR are published on social media, which are used for fraud.
During interrogation, it was found that Aadhar Card, PAN Card, GST and Udyam Registration were used to open corporate bank accounts of proprietorship firms in various banks. The accused receives various APKs (Android Package File) from his associates, which they use to install SIM cards registered with bank accounts and auto forward OTP for banking transactions. For this work, 2 to 2.5 percent commission is received on the money that comes into the account.
This was recovered
- OPPO mobile
- 2 SIMs of Airtel company, 1 SIM of Jio
- Blank cheque of Ujjivan Bank
- Rs 850 in cash
Do this to avoid cyber crime
1. Avoid using any unauthorized app, also do not share your personal information with anyone.
2. Do not click on the link of advertisements related to part time jobs sent through WhatsApp/Telegram/Google Ads. Do not register on any web portal or application through the link.
3. Always keep checking the permission of your application to keep your data secure.
4. You should also pay attention to the sender address, on receiving such messages, see from which type of number the message is coming, immediately block Virtual/International number or Bulk SMS Codes.
5. Check the company whose name is not mentioned in the message on Google, find out if there is any company with this name or not. If yes, then check the website of that company to see if any such advertisement has been published or not.
6. After such messages, if the person offering the job demands money, then understand that it is a fraud, because the company never gives jobs by taking money.
7. Do not share OTP on receiving a call or message from any unknown number.
8. If you have become a victim of any fraud, then immediately register a complaint on cyber helpline number 1930 or website https://www.cybercrime.gov.in. Register a written complaint in your nearest police station or cyber cell/cyber crime police station.
