Cyber cell books another operative from Rajkot handling dummy bank accounts
Updated: Nov 12th, 2023
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Updated on Nov 12, at 2.30 p.m.
Another accused in this online fraud rink, Nirav Dhanak, was nabbed from the Panchayat Chowk area of Rajkot.
As part of this syndicate, Dhanak made transactions worth ₹6.92 cr from two dummy accounts in the name of Riddham Enterprise in IDBI Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank.
Transaction links for ₹2.66 cr from IDBI Bank and ₹4.24 cr from Kotak Mahindra Bank have been uncovered in this case.
Dhanak was offered the same commission as Sujal Patel in this rink.
Updated on Nov 5, at 3.32 p.m.
Cybercrime cases are on a rise in the city with scamsters using new tricks every day. One such case was unravelled in Gujarat, where subscribing and liking on YouTube cost lakhs to a victim.
Organised cybercrime busted
The Gujarat CID crime cyber cell unravelled a cyber scam operational in Ahmedabad and confiscated around ₹89 cr from three dummy bank accounts.
The fraudsters provided tasks to individuals for subscribing to channels and liking videos on YouTube.
A complaint that traced the link
An individual who fell victim to this called up the cybercrime helpline - 1930 and registered a complaint of ₹1.92 lakh cyber fraud on Mar 14.
Following this, the bank account in which the transactions were made was frozen by the authorities.
This account was found to have been registered at Equitas Small Finance Bank’s Law Garden branch.
A Bapunagar resident, Sanjay Patni, and Rahul Thakore were traced down through the Know Your Customer (KYC) details of this account. However, they both were unaware of the bank account but mentioned that one Parag Gokhe had asked for their KYC details.
This led the police to an individual named Sujal Patel, who operated these bank accounts and was nabbed from Ranip.
His interrogation led police to one Sunil Malkani, alias Kamal Udaipur, who had hired Sujal for availing and operating these bank accounts over a ₹100 commission against transactions worth ₹1 lakh.
Bank details reveal hefty fraud amounts
Sujal also revealed the details of the dummy bank accounts: ₹47.47 cr was seized from a bank account of RBL Bank, Panchvati branch, registered in the name of Falcon Enterprise, while other ₹28.92 cr and ₹13.70 cr were seized from accounts registered in IDFC Bank in the names of Dwarkesh Enterprise and Shree Enterprise.
Police has registered a complaint in this case against Bishwas Garment and Trading, Delhi, Sujal Patel, Sunil Malkani, and Rajkot resident Nirav Dhanak, who operated similar shell bank accounts.
