Rajkot: The Morbi Cybercrime police station a arrested a 20-year-old ayurveda practioner for renting out his bank account to receive cyberfraud proceeds.
A complaint was registered at the Morbi City Cybercrime police station on Feb 5 against Sujal Chamadiya and two other persons, Chirag from Ahmedabad) and Manoj Makwana.
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Investigation officer N A Vasava said that Chamadiya held an account in Union Bank. During scrutiny, police found that multiple suspicious transactions were made in his account on Nov 13 and Nov 14 last year.
Officials found that a total of seven transactions had credited Rs 14.55 lakh into Chamadiya's account.
During interrogation, Chamadiya reportedly admitted that he had rented out his bank account to his friend Chirag and Manoj around three months ago in exchange for a commission of Rs 20,000. He also told police that he had handed over the bank kit to them.
Further investigation revealed that the credited money included transfers of Rs 4.91 from Andhra Pradesh, Rs 1.24 lakh from Punjab, and Rs 1.38 lakh from Telangana. Police also found that complaints related to these transactions had been filed on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) in all three states.