Bank official held in Ahmedabad for aiding hackers to dupe RummyCircle players

Ahmedabad: The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) arrested an Axis Bank deputy manager on Sunday for allegedly assisting a gang of hackers in defrauding players of the online betting platform RummyCircle. The accused, Sahadev Khokhar, reportedly shared unique alphanumeric banking codes with the gang in exchange for money.

According to the police, Khokhar allegedly provided 40-50 Unique Transaction Reference (UTR) codes to the hackers, which they used to scam players out of approximately ₹6 lakh. Khokhar is currently in police remand, which will end today.

The investigation revealed that the main accused in the scam, Vijay Amra Vaghela, deposited ₹2 lakh into Khokhar’s account as commission for his involvement. Officials noted that the gang targeted bank employees struggling with significant debts and pressured them into cooperating. Khokhar himself is believed to be in financial distress.

The gang’s modus operandi involved intercepting the deposit process on RummyCircle, where players fund their accounts to buy chips. The accused are suspected of sharing the UTR codes with gang members, who used them to divert the deposited funds into their own accounts. DeshGujarat

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