VARANASI, Nov. 13 -- Sonbhadra police arrested two cybercriminals on Thursday for allegedly committing online fraud by misusing credentials of inactive Common Service Centre (CSC) accounts. The accused allegedly obtained user IDs and passwords from five CSC operators on the pretext of reactivating their inactive accounts and then passed these credentials on to other cybercriminals to carry out fraudulent activities, police said. The accused were identified as Ashish Kumar Pandey and Abhay Gond, said police, adding that the accused had cheated five people, identified as Vishal Patel, Sushil Kumar, Ramesh Kumar Gurjar, Savita and one other. Additional superintendent of police Mavis Taak said the investigation revealed that Ashish Kumar Pandey, who was employed on a contractual basis at the district headquarters for work related to Jan Seva Kendras (CSCs), targeted operators with inactive accounts. Taak said the accused allegedly colluded with cybercriminals and deceived CSC operators by offering to reactivate their inactive IDs to obtain their login credentials. He would then change the passwords, mobile numbers and other account details before handing over the accounts to cybercriminals. The accused also allegedly used individuals' personal documents to fraudulently create and activate new CSC IDs. The cybercriminals allegedly used the bank accounts linked to these CSCs to carry out fraudulent transactions and operate them as mule accounts. The case came to light after one of the operators, identified as Vishal Patel, lodged a complaint alleging that he had submitted his documents to a CSC to open a bank account. However, the documents were allegedly misused to create a fraudulent CSC ID. The ID was later allegedly used for cybercrime activities, leading to Vishal's arrest by the Gujarat Police. He was subsequently required to secure bail. Upon hearing the victim's account, the superintendent of police (SP) Abhishek Verma assured that strict and effective action would be taken in the matter. Based on his complaint, a case was registered under Section 318(4) of the BNS and Section 66D of the IT Act, and an investigation was launched. Other victims appeared at the police station after being summoned for questioning about the role of the district coordinator. Further investigation is underway, said Taak....