From Yerawada Jail To Cyber Fraud: Two Men Arrested For Arranging Bank Accounts In Pune
Pimpri-Chinchwad: The Pimpri-Chinchwad Cyber Crime Police have arrested two men for allegedly helping a cybercrime network obtain bank accounts to carry out online fraud. Police said one of the suspects made contacts with other criminals while in Yerawada Jail and later used those contacts to arrange bank accounts. The arrests were made during an investigation into an alleged ₹8.6 crore share…
Pimpri-Chinchwad: Two men, Tejas Gyanoba Lokhande, 24, and Avinash Gyanoba Baklikar, 28, were arrested in Pune for allegedly arranging bank accounts to perpetrate an online fraud targeting a senior citizen. The cybercrime network allegedly defrauded a senior citizen of ₹8.6 crore through a fake share market scheme. Lokhande and Baklikar, who met while in Yerawada Jail, used their contacts to arrange bank accounts, which were later used in the fraudulent activities.
Lokhande opened a bank account after being released on bail and handed it over for the use in cybercrime. Baklikar allegedly helped arrange accounts through his jail contacts. The investigation, which is still ongoing, has traced eight bank accounts linked to the fraud network.
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