The Cyber Police Station of North-East District, Delhi, has apprehended four individuals involved in a mule bank account scam, defrauding Rs 2.47 lakh under the guise of a courier service. The arrested suspects, identified as Md. Arbaz Daniyal alias Labbu (20), Jimmy Bathla (41), Abdul Wadood (27), and Aniket Verma (25), were allegedly engaged in managing and providing mule bank accounts for the illicit transfer of cyber fraud proceeds.
A case was registered at the Cyber Police Station, North-East District, under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) following a complaint by Satender, a Deputy General Manager at Delhi Transco Limited (DTL). The fraudsters, posing as courier executives, manipulated Satender into activating call forwarding on his phone, enabling them to siphon off Rs 2.47 lakh by redirecting his calls and messages, including banking OTPs.
The police investigation tracked the money flow through financial transactions, technical evidence, and field operations, revealing that a portion of the stolen funds was channeled to a Nainital Bank account owned by Md. Arbaz Daniyal. Raids in various locations led to the arrest of all four culprits, exposing a network facilitating the use of mule bank accounts for money laundering in cyber fraud activities.
Md. Arbaz confessed to opening the bank account on Jimmy Bathla’s instructions for Rs 50,000, later transferring it to Abdul Wadood for Rs 1 lakh. Subsequently, Abdul Wadood shared the account details with Aniket Verma, who provided them to cyber fraudsters on Telegram for online financial scams. The investigation recovered four mobile phones, each linked to the alleged cyber fraud network, shedding light on a larger interstate cyber fraud syndicate.
The arrests have unveiled crucial insights into the broader cyber fraud network, with ongoing efforts to uncover additional members, track fraudulent transactions, and reclaim the remaining illicit gains. Further inquiries into the case are in progress.
