Ahmedabad:  The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police busted a fraud network linked to Chinese accomplices on July 10. The network, operating from Krishav Enterprise at Maruti Plaza, Krishna Nagar, involved multiple accused who collaborated with Chinese accomplices to defraud people by exploiting their bank account information. The operation involved convincing people to open bank accounts, obtaining the account details, and converting the deposited money into cryptocurrency for transfer to China.

The accused Dipak Radadiya would lure the people to open their back accounts by offering benefits. The details of such bank accounts will be then given to Ketan Patel. Ketan would pass on the details of bank accounts to Chinese persons through Whatsapp numbers (so far three such numbers identified by Police). The Chinese people would deposit money in such bank accounts. Accused Dilip Jagani would go to the banks with the accountholders and withdraw the money via self cheque. The money would be sent to Darshil Shah via Angadiya transfer. This money would then be converted to crypto currency which would be sent to China based persons.

On July 10, around 15:00, the Cyber Crime Police received a tip about Radadiya and Jagani’s activities. Krishav Enterprise had been operating the fraudulent office for five months, giving a 2% commission to those providing bank account information. Upon reaching the scene, they first caught Jigneshsinh Daivantsinh, who admitted to working for Jagani and assisting in bank transactions.

Further investigation led to Kishor Patel, who had opened multiple bank accounts for Radadiya. Radadiya and Jagani employed six salarymen who provided bank account information to Patel for a 3% commission. Faizan Shaikh, Vicky Patel, and Rajesh Jasoliya were also involved in withdrawing cash.

Cyber Police staff found 84 bank account details, cheque books, passbooks, ATM cards, SIM cards, and seized 9 mobile phones, 15 cheque-books, 9 passbooks, and 13 ATM cards. NCCRP portal checks and WhatsApp and Telegram chats revealed 135 cybercrime complaints linked to their 106 bank accounts.

The cybercrime police registered the FIR under BNS sections 61(2), 316(2), 318(4), 319(2), and IT Act section 66(D). The accused are Faizan AnwarHussain Shaikh, Raju Bhai Parmar, Amit Patel, Rajubhai Sankhat, Darshan Senjaliya, Rajesh Jasoliya, Vicky Patel, Dilip Jagani, Kishor Patel, Alkesh Patel, Deepak Radadiya, Darshil Shah, Ketan Patel, and other WhatsApp number holders. Police continued their investigation to uncover the full extent of the fraud network. DeshGujarat