New Delhi, Sept. 16 -- New Delhi; Delhi Police has busted a cybercrime racket allegedly involved in siphoning off Rs 12.84 crore from an NBFC's account through 317 unauthorised digital transactions, with five people, including a bank relationship manager, arrested, officials said on Wednesday.
The investigation found alleged links to Chinese groups on Telegram. Part of the cheated money was converted into USDT and transferred to fraudsters abroad,
police said.
The case was registered on August 21 after the NBFC detected unauthorised debits. The transactions were routed to 34 bank accounts. Police placed a lien on Rs 1.7 crore.
The arrested accused were identified as Abhay Kumar Solanki of Bulandshahr, Lovely (26) of Kurukshetra, Naman Kumar and Vikas (30) from Jaipur, and Harman (24) of Bikaner.
Police said Naman's accounts received Rs 40 lakh and Rs 70 lakh, with one linked to 43 cybercrime complaints.
Harman operated Naman's account to receive and transfer the money and remained in contact with Chinese
groups. Harman received Rs 1.5 lakh from Udaipur-based Devender Singh Chauhan, who converted the money into USDT and transferred it abroad.
Vikas allegedly helped Naman open accounts and introduced him to Harman. Five mobile phones, cheque books and Property Gallery rubber stamps were seized.
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