Bank employee among 2 nabbed for cyber fraud in Gurugram

The Gurugram police have arrested two persons, including a business development manager of IndusInd bank (Delhi branch), in a case of cyber fraud of Rs 4.97 crore. The accused promised profitable returns on investments in the stock market.

The arrested bank employee was allegedly involved in providing bank accounts to cyber thugs. So far, a total of 27 bank employees have been arrested by the Gurugram police in different cyber fraud cases.

According to the police, a complaint was received on November 30 last year regarding a Rs 4.79 crore fraud, following which a case was registered under relevant sections at the Cyber Crime East police station.

While investigating the case, a team of the cyber police arrested Avinash Sharma, a resident of Rani Bagh in Delhi, and Aditya Chaturvedi, a native of Uttar Pradesh. Aditya had been working as a business development manager at IndusInd Bank in Delhi for the past 2 years.

The police investigation revealed that Avinash’s bank account was used in the fraud. Avinash had given the bank account to Aditya for Rs 25,000. While working in the bank, Aditya met another person, who had lured Aditya to give Rs 10,000 in exchange for a savings bank account and Rs 50,000 for a current account. Following this, Aditya would provide the details of the bank accounts to Avinash.

“There are 12 complaints registered against the same bank account — belonging to Avinash Sharma — in Jammu and Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Assam, Maharashtra and Karnataka. We are questioning the accused,” said Priyanshu Dewan, ACP (Cyber).

On the other hand, the cyber police arrested a person for providing a bank account to a man involved in cyber fraud. The accused has been identified as Raju, a resident of Kedar Colony, Ganganagar in Rajasthan.