Vadodara: Cybercrime sleuths have arrested four men for allegedly furnishing bank accounts to cybercriminals who defrauded a citizen out of Rs 87 lakh. Investigators said the accused were in touch with a gang that was duping people across the country by promising lucrative returns on their investments.
The police said all the accused are residents of Vadodara. They would get a commission for supplying bank accounts to be used for cyberfraud. One accused, Mehul Vasava, had opened a bank account. Three others — Ritesh Patel, Raj Chauhan, and Vikas Kahar — used this account and others and supplied them to the scammers.
A cybercrime investigator said they are now trying to track down the kingpins. The four accused were caught after Shyamlal Goyal, a resident of Harni-Sama Ring Road, filed a complaint for cheating at Cybercrime police station in the city in Nov. He said the cybercrooks sent him WhatsApp messages promising lucrative returns on stock trading.
Goyal registered on a website which turned out to be fraudulent and ended up transferring over Rs 87 lakh to the gang. The fraudulent website showed his ‘earnings' to be Rs 4.87 crore, but he was never able to withdraw any funds.