Six accused in Jamnagar cyber fraud with 3.9cr transactions

Rajkot: Jamnagar City cybercrime police have registered a case against six persons in connection with an alleged multi-crore cyber fraud involving suspicious transactions worth over Rs 3.9 crore routed through a single bank account.The complaint was filed by police constable Karu Vasra based on inputs received from the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCCRP). The accused have been identified as Kanaiyalal Sabhaya, Lakha Jhapda, Raja Jhapda, Shailesh Makwana, Prakash Kanmiya and Aryan Patel.According to the police complaint, investigators found suspicious transactions amounting to Rs 3.86 crore routed through a bank account opened in the name of "Dwarkadhish Enterprise" at Axis bank. Police said the account was allegedly operated by Sabhaya.During the probe, police found that on Nov 24 last year, an amount of Rs 2.8 crore linked to cyber fraud cases across multiple states was deposited into the account. Preliminary investigations revealed that the transactions were linked to complaints of Rs 2.4 crore registered at the Navi Mumbai cyber police station, Rs 10 lakh at Beltarodi police station in Nagpur and Rs 30.32 lakh at the Hyderabad cyber crime police station.Investigators further found that Sabhaya and his associates allegedly formed a gang that opened bank accounts and supplied account kits to other members for use in cyber fraud operations in exchange for high commissions. These accounts were reportedly used to create fake identities and facilitate online fraud. The case has been registered under Sections 318(4), 317(2) and 61(2) of the BNS along with provisions of the Information Technology Act.