According to authorities on Tuesday, a deputy manager of a private bank was detained for allegedly helping hackers by supplying a fraudulently opened bank account that was used to deceive a resident of Gurugram out of ₹25.5 lakh.
They said that the detained official, named Jasdan Mandi’s Akashdeep Singh from Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, was brought into jail on Monday and detained for two days on a police remand in order to be questioned further.
Investigators claim that the internet con artists tricked a 70-year-old Sector 83, Gurugram resident, by tricking him into falling for an investment hoax. An inquiry was started when the victim filed a complaint on February 29 at the Cybercrime police station in Manesar, according to the police.
According to investigators, Akashdeep, a sales manager at the Jasdan Mandi branch, opened a mule account in Devender Singh’s name with the help of his colleague Harpreet Singh. Akashdeep was paid ₹10,000 as a commission in the fraud, while Harpreet, a resident of Sector 24B in Fatehgarh Sahib, allegedly received ₹20,000 for his involvement. According to police, Devender, a resident of Nohra in Patiala, communicated directly with the cybercriminals and bank employees, giving them his information to open the account in February.
According to investigators, Devender, a resident of Nohra in Patiala, communicated with both bank employees and online scammers. In February of this year, he gave the bankers his information in order to open the account. The bank account was given to the cybercriminals to be used in the scam, according to Inspector Sunil Kumar, station house officer of the Cybercrime police station (Manesar). “The money duped from the victim was transacted into Devender’s account, which was further transferred to other accounts,” Kumar explained.
A month ago, police detained Harpreet and Devender; however, upon additional inquiry, they discovered Akashdeep’s involvement, which resulted in his detention. “Harpreet and Devender were arrested a month ago, and after investigation, Akashdeep’s involvement also surfaced,” Kumar added.
Six to eight additional suspects remain at large, and the group is allegedly running mule accounts throughout Maharashtra and other states. As a result of his collaboration with cybercriminals, Akashdeep is the 18th bank executive that Gurugram police have detained this year. This underscores the growing worry regarding insider complicity in cyberfraud cases.
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