Cops arrest two for bank fraud

The Cyber Crime police have arrested two conmen for procuring the account details of customers by posing as bank agents and siphoning off their funds. According to the police,the duo would pass on the details of the customers to their accomplices in the bank who would then allegedly transfer funds from the customers’ account. The fraud came into light after a private company employee lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime police on January 14 claiming that Rs 2.1 lakh has been transferred from his account without his knowledge.

“The accused approached Dev Prasad Upadhyay,a Dombivali resident,as bank agents of RBI and a foreign bank. They told him that his bank account is disproportionate to his income and that they had to investigate it for which his bank details were required. Upadhyay gave away his bank account number and other details sought by the accused. A few days later he learnt that Rs 2.1 lakh has been transferred from his account,” said an officer.

The police tracked the IP address from where the online transaction had taken place and traced it to a cyber café in Mulund. “We checked the log book at the cyber café to ascertain who had used the computer with that IP address on the day of the transaction. We came across two names with their addresses and phone numbers. Using those details,we traced and arrested Sushant Kumar,a Thane resident and Omchand Chaudhry,a Mulund resident. We recovered 14 ATM cards,three bogus driving licences,” said the officer.  

The police suspect that some bank employees could be hand-in-glove with the fraudsters.

“The accused have revealed that they were tipped off by Upadhyay’s colleague about his bank account ,” said the officer.