Five bankers among six arrested for Rs 7.36-crore cyber fraud

On Friday, police announced the arrest of six individuals, including five bank officials, in connection with a Rs 7.36-crore cyber fraud investigation. The inquiry began with a suspicious bank account at the Tri Nagar branch of CSB Bank, which had over 100 complaints registered against it on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP).

The account was found registered under the name Rahul, allegedly a resident of Najafgarh, but police later discovered he lived in Wazirabad and never opened the account. The accounts of six individuals - Shobhit Aggarwal, Sushant Kumar, Manoj, Ankur, Fatma, and Pankaj - were found to be linked to the cybercrime complaints. Mayank Kapoor was also arrested, and further investigation revealed that at least 20 suspected mule accounts were opened at the Tri Nagar branch.

The addresses of the account holders were found to be non-existent, and the KYC documents were not captured in live condition. Police traced the email IDs and IP addresses to Mayank, who allegedly operated a fake call centre. It was discovered that Shobhit, a former branch manager at CSB Bank's Saraswati Vihar branch, introduced Mayank to Sushant, the branch manager at Tri Nagar.

Bank employees reportedly helped open the mule accounts at both branches. Additionally, business development executives and sales executives were alleged to have been involved in the operation. The accounts were processed by the sales team, including Manoj, Ankur, Fatma, and Pankaj. Shobhit allegedly ran the scheme for years, living a luxurious lifestyle with ill-gotten finances.