The crime branch has exposed the digital fraud gang.
Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Cybercrime Branch in Gujarat has exposed a large gang associated with digital fraud. The police have arrested 10 accused in the case of cheating people from Chandkheda area. All these accused had opened more than 150 fake bank accounts in the last 4 months and had transacted lakhs of rupees of online fraud. The amount of Thaki was either transferred abroad, or was converted into cryptocurrency. According to the police, the gang came from different parts of Rajasthan and stayed in a rented flat in Chandkheda area of Ahmedabad.
Used to open accounts in the name of laborers
Police said the gang members used to bring poor laborers from Jodhpur and surrounding areas to Ahmedabad and get fake Aadhaar cards in their name and opened bank accounts. These account holders were used as ‘mule’ (an account -opening person). The accused also opened such accounts in various cities of Gujarat, so that the fraud amount can be transferred from one account to another and then sent abroad as a cryptocurrency.
Search for other gang members continues
According to the police, the gang leader and his associates used to transfer money from these fake accounts to other accounts and then convert it to Cryptocurrency and send it to China. The accused deposited the money in the first phase to park the money from these account holders, which were later used in cheating work. Ahmedabad police say that their entire focus in digital fraud cases is now on tracing bank accounts, so that the flow of fraud can be stopped at the initial level. The police have started questioning the accused arrested so far and the search for other members of this gang is going on.
