Cyber fraud: Bank employee among three held in Gurugram
Employee would provide bank account details to cyber thugs
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The Gurugram cyber police have arrested three persons, including the assistant manager of IDFC Bank, for duping a man on the promise of providing him handsome return on investment in the stock market. The employee was involved in providing bank accounts to cyber thugs.
The accused were identified as Abhishek Tiwari, Deepak Rajput and Rajender Kumar. According to the police, the victim had filed a complaint with the police on September 11. After the registration of the FIR, a team of the cyber police arrested all three accused. Deepak and Abhishek were arrested on December 26 while Rajender was arrested on December 28. Abhishek has been working with IDFC Bank since 2023.
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“The bank account used in the fraud was opened by Abhishek in the name of a fake firm in collaboration with accused Deepak and Rajender,” said Priyanshu Dewan, ACP (Cyber).
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