Police dismantle inter-state cyber fraud syndicate
Delhi Police’s Cyber Cell of the Central District has dismantled an inter-state cyber fraud syndicate involved in siphoning funds through unauthorised banking transactions. Three suspects have been taken into custody, and authorities have recovered 28 debit cards, 12 SIM cards, and four mobile phones associated with the operation.
DCP Central district, Rohit Rajbir Singh, said prompt financial trail analysis enabled the authorities to freeze and secure nearly `4 lakh of the `4.82 lakh allegedly stolen from a 50-year-old resident of Karol Bagh.
The case surfaced after the victim, a resident of Prem Nagar, received SMS alerts about unauthorised debits from his bank account. Although his son acted quickly to block the account, the suspects had already transferred `4,82,476 through rapid electronic transactions, the DCP said.
Investigators traced the money to a bank account operated by Sonu, 21, of Uttam Nagar. He and his suspected associate, Yash Kumar, 27, also from Uttam Nagar, were arrested on May 27. Their interrogation led to the arrest of Baljinder Singh, alias Mangga, 48, from Haryana’s Yamunanagar district on June 3. The syndicate is believed to have operated via a network of mule accounts used for swift fund transfers.
Sonu allegedly provided the bank accounts used to receive cybercrime proceeds, while Yash coordinated the collection and transfer of account credentials. Baljinder is suspected of managing interstate operations, maintaining a stock of debit and SIM cards linked to multiple accounts and overseeing cash withdrawals across States.
Police recovered 28 debit cards linked to mule accounts, 12 SIM cards used for internet banking and UPI transactions, and four mobile phones containing transaction data and chats purportedly related to the fraud network.
Technical analysis of the seized devices and bank accounts is ongoing to establish connections with other cybercrime cases registered on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. Efforts are also underway to identify and apprehend additional members of the network.
