Bhopal: 184 Mule Bank Accounts Used For Transferring Cash Duped Through Digital Arrest Identified, Owners Get Notice

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Although the cyber conmen are operating from far off areas and overseas, they are using local bank accounts for transferring the cash duped from people through digital arrests and other pretexts.

Cyber crime branch police have identified 184 suspected mule bank accounts in Bhopal through joint cyber crime coordination team (JCCT) portal or Samanvay portal. Notices are now being issued to owner of these suspected mule bank accounts.

Cyber crime branch officials said cyber police of other states sealed the suspected mule bank accounts and shared their information and details of their owners on JCCT portal as these bank accounts were found to be used by the cyber conmen for committing frauds.

Bhopal cyber crime branch identified the mule bank accounts that were opened in different banks in Bhopal and prepared a list of their owners with their address and other details.

ACP (cyber crime) Sujeet Tiwari said a team had been formed for issuing notice to owners of these bank accounts while informing them to approach the cyber cops of the concerned cities for giving clarification. Till now, notices have been issued to owners of 70 such bank accounts in the city, he added.

Earlier, the cyber crime branch had issued notices to banks to take action against suspected mule bank accounts and help cops in their identification. Moreover, bank officials were asked to strengthen the verification process for opening new bank accounts after it came to fore that people from outside the city and states opened bank accounts on forged documents and fake rent agreements.