Eight alleged members of an interstate cybercrime syndicate that is involved in criminal activities in Delhi-NCR and various other areas of the country have been arrested by the Delhi Police, who discovered suspicious transactions of almost 15 crore of money, according to police officials, on Tuesday. This operation brought to light a well-coordinated network which was being operated remotely by the operators located in China.
Police have claimed that the syndicate organized with the help of social media where sensitive banking credentials were exchanged. According to investigators, the accused employed malicious files in the form of K files and other technical devices to crack-down on the one-time passwords (OTP) in order to access bank accounts unauthorized and use them to execute fraudulent transactions.
The cybercrime module apparently operated using a multi-layered and sophisticated system that required use of mule bank accounts to transfer and launder fraud proceeds. In searches, police found 4.70 lakh cash, 14 mobile phones, 20 SIM cards and seven debit cards, all of which are suspected to have been used in the commission of the criminal activities.
The case came up when a woman based in Tamil Nadu had filed a complaint on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal against allegations that she had been defrauded of 6,000 in her bank account in September last year. A examination of the beneficiary account, which was kept in an east Delhi branch of the private bank, showed that it was a mule account that was purportedly used by a Ghaziabad resident.
Based on this lead, an FIR was filed at Pandav Nagar police station and an in-depth enquiry was initiated. According to police, the prime accused and his associates belonged to an organised cybercrime network and at least 85 mule bank accounts had been identified in various banks. The syndicate has so far been associated with over 600 complaints that were registered on the NCRP.
The records of bank transactions, internet banking and IP address trails were investigated by a special team that eventually resulted in the arrest of eight accused including those of Delhi, Ghaziabad, Moradabad, Bareilly, Rampur and Maharashtra.
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