Jalandhar: The Jalandhar Commissionerate Police has busted a cyber fraud gang and arrested approximately 5 individuals from 5 different states. The gang was involved in calling innocent people and trapping them in cyber fraud, committing a total of 61 cyber frauds. The accused network has spread across 6 states. The police have recovered dozens of ATM cards and other items from the accused.
The police have seized 19 bank accounts from the accused, and are currently conducting a detailed investigation. It has been found that the accused had been depositing the money from the fraud into these accounts. Additionally, the money from 61 previous frauds was also found to have been deposited into these accounts. Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav mentioned that the Jalandhar City Police is questioning the accused about their potential accomplices.
Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav said that, in the preliminary investigation, it has been found that the network of the above-mentioned accused is spread across 6 states: Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, and Karnataka. The associates of the accused are spread across all the states. They lure innocent people into opening bank accounts and then use those accounts to deposit fraudulent money.