Manesar police arrest bank staffer in fake account scam
Gururgam, Dec. 22 -- A 34-year-old employee of a private bank was arrested for allegedly opening fake bank accounts used to syphon money in cyberfraud cases. Ajit Prasad, a sales manager at a private bank in Connaught Place, was arrested in Najafgarh in Delhi by Manesar Cybercrime police.
"Based on a complaint from a resident of Manesar on May 27 last year, an FIR was registered against an unidentified suspect for luring elderly people to buy stocks via a fake app," a senior officer said.
During probe, it emerged he opened two company accounts using forged documents. "Out of the overall defrauded amount... Rs.1 lakh was transferred to the bank account of a firm named VVS Traders, which was fraudulently opened by the accused," the officer said, adding that he got Rs.10,000 per fake account.
Sandeep Turan, Gurugram police spokesperson, said Prasad was sent on a two-day remand....
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