Barabanki, April 7 -- Police in Barabanki have busted a gang involved in opening bank accounts under the pretext of providing benefits from government schemes and then supplying those accounts to cyber criminals. Three have been arrested in connection with the case, and investigations thus far have confirmed misuse of at least 16 bank accounts.
The gang's kingpin is reportedly based in Pune, Maharashtra, police said on Tuesday.
The case came to light after a complaint was filed by Chandradeep, a resident of Gokulpur Saini village under the Kotwali area. He alleged that Vaibhav Singh from Laxman Puri Colony, Alok Sharma from Majibpur (Deva), and Abhishek Kumar from Karkha village (Satrikh) convinced him to open a bank account by promising ...