Jaisalmer: Rajasthan Police’s Central Cyber Crime Police Station arrested a man from Barmer Thursday for allegedly providing his bank account to a cyber fraud gang in a Rs 6.80 crore fraud case, taking the number of arrests in the case to eight.Additional DGP (Cyber Crime) Vijay Kumar Singh said the accused, Tagaram, was arrested during investigation and brought to Jaipur. His role came to light through analysis of bank records and technical evidence.Police said Tagaram had allegedly provided his bank account to another accused, Harendra alias Honey, to receive and transfer proceeds of cyber fraud in return for a commission. On Aug 24, Rs 2.50 lakh was credited to the account. Tagaram allegedly accompanied Harendra to the bank and attempted to withdraw the money.Investigators said the gang had a well-organised network to receive, conceal and transfer fraud proceeds. It allegedly used mule bank accounts, ATMs, cheques, UPI, QR codes, digital wallets and USDT cryptocurrency to move the money.The gang allegedly used Telegram groups to arrange mule accounts, ATMs, SIM cards and passbook kits. Fraud proceeds deposited into these accounts were quickly withdrawn or transferred through ATMs, cheques, UPI, QR codes, cash deposit machines and other bank accounts.Police said the money was layered through multiple accounts before being converted into USDT or other cryptocurrencies and routed to the alleged masterminds. Binance and QR codes shared through Telegram were allegedly used for cryptocurrency transactions.The cyber crime team is analysing WhatsApp records, call detail records, CAF IDs, IPDRs and banking transactions to trace the money trail and identify other members of the network.The operation was conducted under DIG (Cyber Crime) Shantanu Kumar Singh by a team led by Central Cyber Crime Police Station SHO and DSP Gajendra Sharma.
