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Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police arrested a Dubai-based man within two days after he came to India to collect details of mule bank accounts , which were being used to receive money from online fraud victims. The cyber police team, led by senior police inspector Ravikiran Nale, took the suspect, Narendra Shishram Singh (28) of Dubai into custody from Kolhapur recently. You Can Also Check: Pune AQI | Weather in Pune | Bank Holidays in Pune | Public Holidays in Pune "We also arrested a trader from Kolhapur and another from Ulhasnagar in Thane district, who were in contact with Singh," assistant police inspector Pravin Swami of the Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police told TOI.
Swami said that last month, a medical practitioner from Pimple Gurav lodged a complaint with the cyber police stating that he was duped of Rs66.63 lakh in an online share fraud. The crooks offered him 1% daily profit on his investments in the shares through them and duped him.
"During the investigations, we found that some of the money in the fraud was transferred to a trader's bank account in Kolhapur. We traced the trader and took him into custody. He revealed the name of another trader from Ulhasnagar was using his bank account," Swami said.
He added the team took the trader into custody. He revealed Singh's name and informed us that he gave 20 mule bank accounts to him and took a commission against it. "He said Singh came to India to collect the details of more mule bank accounts," he said.
Investigations revealed Singh used to lure his contacts in India to help him get mule bank accounts on commission..
