In a crackdown on cybercrime, police in Bhubaneswar arrested three people on Thursday for allegedly opening mule bank accounts and providing the information to cyber criminals. The arrests were made by officers from the Capital Police Station.
In a crackdown on cybercrime, police in Bhubaneswar arrested three people on Thursday for allegedly opening mule bank accounts and providing the information to cyber criminals. The arrests were made by officers from the Capital Police Station.
According to police sources, the accused solicited people in Bhagabati Basti (slum) and surrounding areas, offering to arrange loans for them. Under this premise, they persuaded people to create bank accounts and offered them roughly Rs 2,000 per month.After opening the accounts, the accused reportedly gave the account information to certain cyber criminals. Once monies from online scams were sent to these mule accounts, the three agents would withdraw them.
Police said an additional investigation is underway to trace the larger cybercrime network linked to the racket."A man, his brother, and his brother-in-law are engaged in cybercrime. They were posing as agents and opening mule accounts. They received a commission for opening the accounts. They were opening accounts in Bhagabati Basti and other adjacent places in order to arrange loans," said a senior cop from the Capital Police Station.

"They assured individuals they would receive Rs 2,000 per month. After opening the accounts, they used to pass the information to cybercriminals. "When money was transferred to the mule accounts, these three agents would withdraw it," the senior detective explained.
In another incident today, police detained a man from the Kantiagada region of Rambha in Odisha's Ganjam district in connection with a cyber fraud case involving transactions worth more than Rs 2 crore.
The accused has been named as Jyotiranjan Pradhan. During the operation, police recovered a cell phone from his possession, which is said to hold significant proof of unlawful financial transactions.