With the arrest of six persons, including three brothers, from Maharashtra, the Crime Branch of city police today claimed to have busted an inter-state online banking fraud gang.
Police have recovered nearly Rs 10 lakh cash, 14 mobile phones, 15 SIM cards and seven ATM cards from the accused men who have been arrested from Pune and Mumbai.
The accused have been identified as Yusuf Mia (36), Mukhtiar Mia (27), Akhtar Mia (26), Sanjay Singhe (26), Shailesh (34) and Dinesh Mandal.
"Hailing from Jamtada district of Jharkhand, the accused were operating like a call centre from Maharashtra. They had called more than 85,000 people of 23 districts in last one year including all districts of Rajasthan.
"Nearly Rs 58 lakh were deposited in their different bank accounts in different states in last six months," Jaipur Police Commissioner Sanjay Agarwal said.
On their modus operandi, Additional Commissioner of Police Prafulla Kumar said the accused operated remotely from mobile SIM cards issued on fake ID cards. Posing as bank officials, they cheated gullible people by asking their debit/credit card and other bank details.
"After committing fraud they got the money deposited in their bank accounts and lived a lavish life," Kumar added.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Vikas Pathak said, "In Rajasthan 907 cyber crimes were registered in 2016, of which 506 cyber crimes mostly cyber fraud were registered in Jaipur alone."
Urging people not to disclose their bank details to anyone over phone, he said they can post their complaints on WhatsApp number 7300363636 and e-mail on -- acp.Orgcrime.Jpr@gmail.Com and acp.Orgcrime.Jpr@gmail.Com.
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