Delhi Police busts cybercrime network which opened bank accounts on fake names

Delhi Police has busted a racket being run by cyber criminals where y were opening bank accounts on fake names to deposit money stolen fraudulently from unsuspecting people. police came across racket while probing a cyber crime case wherein a victim T Quereshi was cheated of Rs 61,800 by some cyber criminals.

investigation started with Delhi Police registering complaint of cyber crime in January 2023 following a complaint by Quereshi. During investigation, law enforcement officials found out modus operandi of accused who stole Rs 61,800 from Quereshi and deposited it in bank account in a bank in Sunder Vihar.

Furr investigations revealed that account was opened with fake documents. Moreover, credentials of account was changed at a cyber cafe reportedly by a juvenile who was subsequently apprehended on June 28.

juvenile revealed details about masterminds and also modus operandi of creating a large number of bank accounts on fake names to Delhi Police. Following new les, police arrested one Darvesh Kumar and his accomplice Priyanka Sarkar.

How racket was being run?

As per accused’s confession, y used to lure financially poor citizens by paying m Rs 10,000 to 15,000 to get ir documents for opening accounts in several banks. y used to n change dresses as mentioned in Ahaar card. Moreover, Priyanka Sarkar and juvenile were also tasked in getting PAN cards of people in whose names bank accounts were opened. Fake identities and or details were n uploed to UIDAI site every four days by juvenile.

Priyanka used to carry fake credentials to banks and open an account. After opening account, Darvesh used to sell bank kits for sum of Rs 18,000 to 20,000.

complex systems of this process did not end here.

Darvesh was not directly dealing with fraudsters but kits that were sold by him used to be furr sold ahe ultimately reaching fraudsters.

Police later arrested two more persons involved in selling kits. y have been identified as Deepak, who used to sell kit for Rs 25,000, and Ajit who not only used to sell kits for Rs 30,000 to Rs 35,000  to fraudsters but also was tasked with depositing money at a 10 per cent commision.

So far, Delhi Police has uneard 100 bank accounts with deposits amounting to over Rs 2 crore.

"We have busted a gang of cyber criminals who were involved in opening fake bank accounts for depositing cheated money. In this case, four have been arrested while one juvenile has been apprehended. Furr investigations in this case are underway," said Sanjay Kumar Sain DCP (Central), Delhi Police.