Rajkot: The cyber crime authorities of Rajkot have stumbled upon a possible nationwide racket of opening fake accounts and carrying out large-scale transactions in people’s information, mostly for online purchases.
Police arrested three people- azam Amdani of Rajkot and Elias Khokhar and Munaf Sheikh, both from Bhavnagar, after a local resident named Sanjay Ghavri Filed a complaint.
The accused, with his knowledge, opened a current account in the name of Ghavri and on December 6, did a transaction of Rs 4.72 crore in just one day.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Manohar Singh Jadeja On Sunday, Ilyas told reporters that Ilyas is the mastermind of this cyber fraud and had promised Rs 15,000 as commission to Azam and Munaf for opening accounts in a private bank.
In December last year, Ghavri, who was in need of a housing loan of Rs 18 lakh, approached Azam, a loan agent, as he had known him for the past two years. Azam took all his documents and opened an account in a private bank. Jadeja said that he arranged some loan for Ghavri from another private financial institution.
Besides this, Azam also purchased a SIM card in Ghavri’s name using his documents.
After opening the account, Azam informed this to Ilyas, who did a transaction of Rs 4.72 crore on 6 December. Meanwhile, Ghavri came to know about this and contacted the police.
The police got all the information from the bank and picked up Azam, Munaf and Ilyas for questioning.
Jadeja said that similarly in Rajkot, fake accounts of two other people were opened and transactions worth Rs 11 crore were done.
“We have come to know that at least five people in Gujarat have fallen prey to similar frauds and transactions worth Rs 24 crore have been done from their accounts,” the DCP said.
Jadeja said that around 30,000 such transactions have been done from accounts outside Gujarat and Ilyas used to get a commission of Rs 1 lakh per fake account. He has fraudulently earned Rs 25 lakh.
The trio has been booked under section 120(b) of criminal conspiracy and relevant sections of the IPC, including the IT Act.
Police arrested three people- azam Amdani of Rajkot and Elias Khokhar and Munaf Sheikh, both from Bhavnagar, after a local resident named Sanjay Ghavri Filed a complaint.
The accused, with his knowledge, opened a current account in the name of Ghavri and on December 6, did a transaction of Rs 4.72 crore in just one day.
Deputy Commissioner of Police Manohar Singh Jadeja On Sunday, Ilyas told reporters that Ilyas is the mastermind of this cyber fraud and had promised Rs 15,000 as commission to Azam and Munaf for opening accounts in a private bank.
In December last year, Ghavri, who was in need of a housing loan of Rs 18 lakh, approached Azam, a loan agent, as he had known him for the past two years. Azam took all his documents and opened an account in a private bank. Jadeja said that he arranged some loan for Ghavri from another private financial institution.
Besides this, Azam also purchased a SIM card in Ghavri’s name using his documents.
After opening the account, Azam informed this to Ilyas, who did a transaction of Rs 4.72 crore on 6 December. Meanwhile, Ghavri came to know about this and contacted the police.
The police got all the information from the bank and picked up Azam, Munaf and Ilyas for questioning.
Jadeja said that similarly in Rajkot, fake accounts of two other people were opened and transactions worth Rs 11 crore were done.
“We have come to know that at least five people in Gujarat have fallen prey to similar frauds and transactions worth Rs 24 crore have been done from their accounts,” the DCP said.
Jadeja said that around 30,000 such transactions have been done from accounts outside Gujarat and Ilyas used to get a commission of Rs 1 lakh per fake account. He has fraudulently earned Rs 25 lakh.
The trio has been booked under section 120(b) of criminal conspiracy and relevant sections of the IPC, including the IT Act.
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