Bilaspur
The Bilaspur police has taken major action against the fake bank account (mule account) holders used in illegal transactions of online cyber fraud. Investigation revealed that an illegal transaction of about Rs 3 crore has been done through these mule accounts. In this case, the police have arrested a total of 19 accused including a POS agent (fake SIM card seller), Kotak Mahindra Bank and Axis Bank employees.
Also, about 97 lakh rupees have been freezed by the mule account fraud. The accused were providing muel bank accounts and fake SIM cards to more than 300 cyber thugs at many places including Delhi, Alwar (Rajasthan). 10 teams of Bilaspur Police raided more than 20 places and arrested the accused.
Police reported cybercrime portal, bank transactions, many bank accounts in the name of the same person, digital arrest, share trading fake app, crypto currency investment, Google Review Task, Telegram Task, Bank KYC update and technical evidence related to technical evidences related to Google Search Checked on the basis of Meanwhile, information related to these fake accounts and cyber fraud came to light. After which the Range Cyber ​​Police Station Bilaspur, Anti Crime and Cyber ​​Unit and more than 100 policemen of various police stations took this action.
Names of arrested accused
Satyanarayana Patel (48), Village Sendari Awaspara, Thana Koni, District Bilaspur.
Rakesh Bhedpal (26), Village Sendari Bhedpal Mohalla, Thana Koni, District Bilaspur.
Durgesh Kenwat (27), Ward no. 18 Awaspara Sendari, Thana Koni, District Bilaspur.
Shivshankar Yadav (19), Tarabahar Deepupara, near Gagan Apartment, Police Station Tarabahar, District Bilaspur.
Rajkumar Pal (44), Village Sendari, Thana Koni, District Bilaspur.
Nandkumar Kenwat (27), Village Itwa Pali, Thana Masturi, District Bilaspur.
Deepesh Kumar Nirmalkar (24), Tarabahar, near Nagina Mosque, Police Station Tarabahar, District Bilaspur.
Suresh Singh (58), Sendari Ward no. 01 near High School, Thana Koni, District Bilaspur.
Shekhar Chaturthi (23), Sakin Kota, Thana Kota, Hall Mukam Shubham Vihar Mangla, Police Station, District Bilaspur.
Roshan Kumar Sahu (25), Sakin Limtara, Thana Sakti, District Sakti, Hall Mukam Agnay Nagar, Police Station Tarabahar, District Bilaspur.
Kunal Mandavi (21), Ward no. 19, Balodabazar, Thana City Kotwali, District Balodabazar.
First Soni (19), Old Basti, Kargirod Kota, Thana Kota, District Bilaspur.
Dipanshu Sahu (19), Ward no. 10, Kota, Police Station Kota, District Bilaspur.
Aman Tiwari (21), Ward no. 10, Kota, Police Station Kota, District Bilaspur.
Ramlal Yadav (25), Village Khaira, Thana Masturi, District Bilaspur.
Amit Pal (34), Village Khaira, Jairamnagar, Thana Masturi, District Bilaspur.
Abdul Rashind (40), Ward no. 26, Talapara, Police Civil Line, District Bilaspur.
Mukhtar Khan (25), near Talapara, Mahamaya Temple, Police Civil Line, District Bilaspur.
Gujjala Jagdish Kumar (30), Hemunagar, Kalyani School next to the school, Thana Torwa, District Bilaspur.
What is money mule
Money mule is a person whose bank account, digital wallet or other financial mediums are used by cyber criminal cheating money or illegal money to transfer money from one place to another.
‘Money mule’s way of working
Cyber ​​criminals receive money in illegal ways.
They need a bank account or wallet to hide the amount of cheating, for this, thugs make money mule, a person gets money in his trap by luring money jobs, reward or investment.
Money mule sends illegal money from its account to some other account, so that the identity of criminals is hidden.
Due to the greed to earn easy and quick money and not to understand the plan of cyber criminals, people become money mules.
legal action
If you are a money mule, you may be accused of money laundering as a benefit of benefit.
Bank accounts and assets can be seized.
Jail or penalty can be imposed, even if that person has unknowingly joined.
Section 3 (5) B.N.S. Under this, Mani Muul will also be as responsible for that crime as the main criminal.
Save measures
Avoid getting money from unknown sources.
Protect your bank account and financial information.
If you see any suspicious activity in your account, immediately inform the concerned bank or police.