Bank manager among three held for duping man of Rs 9.2L in online fraud

Gurugram, March 4

The Gurugram Cyber police arrested three employees of Yes Bank, including a manager of the bank’s Delhi branch, for committing cyber fraud on Saturday.

The suspects used to open accounts fraudulently and sell them to fraudsters by taking money. The police are questioning them after having obtained a four-day remand from a city court.

According to the police, the suspects have been identified as Mohammad Mukim, Anikesh and Rohsan Kumar, all natives of Bihar and presently staying in Delhi.

Mukim was the branch manager of Lajpat Nagar, Delhi branch, of Yes Bank, while Anikesh and Roshan were working as sales officers at the same bank.

ACP Priyanshu Dewan said a Gurugram resident had filed a complaint last year that he had received a call on April 10, in which the caller mentioned that they were calling from Fedex and a parcel of his had been confiscated at the Customs as it had illegal items.

The caller said the call would be transferred to Mumbai Police to report the issue. On the pretext of removing his name from the case, the suspects duped him of Rs 9,21,500. An FIR was registered in the case at the cybercrime police station, east.

Following the investigation, a team led by SHO Jasvir arrested the suspects from Delhi on Saturday night.

“The suspects were working with Yes Bank. They used to open accounts in Yes Bank by fraudulently preparing fake documents. On the pretext of opening a bank account, Rs 2 lakh was received from another suspect Suhail Akram and distributed among themselves. Of the defrauded amount, Rs 1,52,000 was transferred to the bank account provided by the suspects,” said ACP Dewan.

He added: “Further investigation is underway to find how many other accounts have been opened by the suspects and how much money has been taken per account and who else is involved in the gang.”