A YOUNG Bollywood aspirant from Odisha who was doing small time modelling gigs and ended up turning into a handler of a community of lots of of cyber mule accounts with hyperlinks to worldwide masterminds in Cambodia, was arrested by cyber crime sleuths of Pimpri Chinchwad. The investigators additionally arrested 5 syndicate associates from Jharkhand, Gujarat and Maharashtra who dealt with mule accounts in over 100 cyber crime instances registered in India.
The foremost breakthrough got here when a cyber crime staff of Pimpri Chinchwad police investigating a selected share buying and selling cyber fraud registered earlier this month wherein the sufferer was duped of `7.6 lakh on the promise of excessive returns. Through the preliminary probe, zeroed in on a suspect, Shubham Londhe (24), from Pune’s Chikhali. Police discovered that Londhe was dealing with few mule accounts by himself and gave entry of those accounts to a different handler Sam David. It was later recognized Sam David was dealing with lots of of mule accounts and was in touch with worldwide cyber criminals in Cambodia.
“Probe revealed that Sam David was utilizing not less than 20 completely different cellphone numbers, had his main base in Goa and was shifting throughout India. We obtained a concrete tip off that he was coming to Hinjewadi on January 23, the place he was nabbed. His actual identify is Sambidhkumar Shripati Nayak, 22, a resident of Rourkela, Odisha, a Bollywood aspirant. Probe revealed that he booked not less than seven lodge rooms at varied locations in Pune the place the mule account holders have been staying,” mentioned Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) with Pimpri Chinchwad police, Sandeep Doiphode.
“Investigation revealed Nayak moved to Maharashtra to change into a star in Bollywood. In Pune and Mumbai, he got here in touch with individuals linked to worldwide cyber crimes. He was working an enormous community of mule account holders throughout India and reported to masterminds in Cambodia,” mentioned an officer.
Groups of cyber investigators checked the lodge rooms booked by Nayak. It was revealed that the kits of those mule accounts — comprising account particulars, debit card, SIM card linked to the account and different issues — have been moved on-line to keep away from getting caught. From a flat in Bavdhan, the investigation groups arrested one Raj Ansh Singh (21), a pupil from Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh who obtained these kits and despatched the small print to masterminds in Cambodia. The questioning of suspects led police to arrest Himanshu Kumar Thakur (24) of Hazaribagh, Gaurav Sharma (40), from Gujarat and Ankush Extra (31), a Nashik businessman.
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