Indore Man Held Over Mule Account Linked To 3 States
Indore (Madhya Pradesh): The city crime branch arrested another man after his bank account was allegedly linked to 10 cyber fraud complaints involving Rs 5 lakh across several states, police said on Thursday. The action was taken under Operation Matrix, a drive against mule accounts suspected of being used in cybercrimes. Additional DCP (Crime) Rajesh Dandotiya said the investigation was based on…
Indore's city crime branch has arrested a 19-year-old man, Vasu Panwar, from Indira Ekta Nagar in Musakhedi, following his bank account's alleged connection to ten cyber fraud complaints spanning across three states. The action was part of Operation Matrix, a crackdown on suspected mule accounts used in cybercrimes. Additional DCP (Crime) Rajesh Dandotiya revealed that the investigation was initiated based on intel received from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs, State Cyber Police Headquarters, and the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal.
Police scrutinized banking and technical data to identify suspicious accounts potentially used to receive or transfer proceeds of cyber fraud. The investigation traced the account to complaints registered on the NCRP and Cyber Crime Portal, linking it to fraud incidents in Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, and Rajasthan, among other states.
Dandotiya stated that the account was implicated in a total of Rs 5 lakh associated with ten complaints. On Wednesday, a similar case emerged when police apprehended an MBA student after his bank account was also tied to cyber fraud.
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