Surat man held for sending bank kits to Dubai-based cyber crime racket

Surat: The cyber crime cell of Surat police has arrested one more accused, allegedly part of a major racket involved in opening bank accounts in the name of bogus companies for committing cyber fraud. The police produced the accused in court on Tuesday and obtained a two-day remand.

As per the information, the cyber crime cell, in September 2024, had busted a racket involving the opening of bank accounts in the name of bogus companies for cyber fraud and had earlier arrested seven people for their involvement in the crime. The most recent arrest is of Nilesh Suresh Narayanbhai Nayak (35), a resident of Rangraj Residency, near Asharam Ashram, Jahangirpura. Nilesh was allegedly obtaining different bank accounts on commission from the previously arrested accused and sent the account kits to absconding accused Maya (currently residing in Dubai), who was operating from there.

It has come to light that Nilesh ran a travel business and had lent money to help a friend. However, when the friend fell into debt, Nilesh also became indebted. To recover his losses, he first started selling USDT (a cryptocurrency) and later got involved in this fraud.

Nilesh was one of the key members of the gang, responsible for opening current accounts in different banks and using them for cyber crimes. The gang had created fake companies and opened multiple bank accounts using forged documents. DeshGujarat