Delhi Cyber Police Bust Mule Account Racket, Arrest Four in ₹2.47 Lakh Courier Scam Case

July 14, 2026

New Delhi: The Cyber Police Station of North-East Delhi has busted a mule bank account network and arrested four people allegedly involved in a cyber fraud case in which a victim lost ₹2.47 lakh after being targeted in a courier delivery scam.

The arrested accused have been identified as Md. Arbaz Daniyal alias Labbu (20), Jimmy Bathla (41), Abdul Wadood (27), and Aniket Verma (25). Police said the accused were allegedly involved in arranging and supplying mule bank accounts used by cyber criminals to receive and transfer money obtained through online fraud.

Victim Duped Through Fake Courier Call

According to police, the case was registered after a complaint by Satender, a resident of Babarpur in North-East Delhi, who works as a Deputy General Manager at Delhi Transco Limited (DTL).

Police said the victim received a call from a person posing as a courier company executive regarding a parcel delivery. The caller allegedly convinced him to dial a number and enable call and message forwarding on his mobile phone.

After the forwarding was activated, incoming calls and SMSs, including banking OTPs, were reportedly diverted to numbers controlled by the fraudsters. The accused then allegedly used the information to withdraw ₹2.47 lakh from the victim’s bank account.

Money Trail Leads Police to Mule Account Network

During the investigation, police analysed financial transactions, technical evidence and intelligence inputs to track the movement of the stolen money.

Investigators found that ₹80,000 of the cheated amount was transferred to a Nainital Bank account linked to accused Md. Arbaz Daniyal.

Police said further investigation revealed that the account was allegedly being used as a mule account to receive money generated through cyber frauds.

A police team conducted raids in Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand and Lucknow, Mirzapur and Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh, leading to the arrest of all four accused.

Accused Allegedly Supplied Accounts to Cyber Fraudsters

During interrogation, police said Arbaz allegedly revealed that he opened the bank account on the instructions of Jimmy Bathla in exchange for ₹50,000.

Jimmy allegedly handed over the account details to Abdul Wadood for ₹1 lakh, who then allegedly provided the account information to Aniket Verma. Police claimed that the details were later shared with cyber fraudsters operating through Telegram.

Four mobile phones, one from each accused, were recovered during the investigation. Police said the devices contained transaction-related information linked to the alleged cyber fraud network.

The arrests have helped police gather leads about a larger interstate cyber fraud syndicate. Further investigation is underway to identify other members involved, trace additional transactions and recover the remaining amount.