14 April,2022 01:08 PM IST | Mumbai | Samiullah Khan
The accused, a rickshaw puller, had allowed the swindler to use his bank account to transfer fraudulent money
The cyber cell of North Mumbai on Tuesday arrested a man from Jharkhand for allegedly cheating a chartered accountant to the tune of Rs 10 lakh on the pretext of updating his KYC (Know Your Customer). The mastermind in the case is still at large.
The arrested accused Dularchand Mandal was paid Rs 25,000 by the mastermind to use his own bank account for cheating people. According to the police sources, the complainant is a resident of Kandivli. In January, the victim received a call from a person who introduced himself as a mobile service provider executive. He told the victim that if he did not update his KYC, his SIM card would get blocked. The CA was then asked by Mandal to download a mobile app.
"When the victim downloaded the app and clicked on it, he received a message that Rs 10 lakh was deducted from his account and transferred to an unknown account. We tracked the account, which led us to Mandal in Jharkhand. Under the supervision of senior inspector Vijay Chandanshive, Inspector Borse, along with API Sanjay Pawar, a team went to Jharkhand and arrested Mandal on Tuesday. He was then brought to Mumbai," said an officer.
Mandal, a rickshaw puller, had taken Rs 25,000 and used his bank account for the transactions. The court has remanded him in police custody. Police are searching for the mastermind and accomplices, an officer privy to the investigation said.
