Hyderabad, March 27 -- Thirteen people have been arrested in connection with a major cybercrime and hawala scam that has been unearthed at the RBL Bank's branch in Karimnagar, where fake accounts were found to have been opened to divert funds through seven mule accounts, to perform transactions amounting to Rs 137 crore for Chinese nationals.

Among the 13 people arrested were seven employees of RBL Bank, including the Kisan Nagar branch manager.

Karimnagar Police Commissioner Ghouse Alam revealed that diploma, degree, and engineering students were also among the accused in the case, and an inquiry has been initiated against two more RBL Bank employees.

He stated that an individual named Bandari Sairam conspired with Chinese nationals t...