Jharkhand CID Busts Cyber-Crime Syndicate, Traces 15,000 Mule Accounts in Investment Scam

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:36pm on 21 Aug 2025,Thursday India

The Jharkhand Police CID has exposed a large cyber-crime syndicate linked to over 15,000 mule bank accounts used in fraudulent investment scams. Acting on inputs from the I4C portal, officials identified several high-value transactions above ₹10 lakh. An FIR was filed on July 29, naming 40 accounts, and seven people have been arrested so far. The accounts were connected to fraud cases across states including Bihar, Odisha, West Bengal, Kerala, and Delhi. Police also seized mobile phones, SIM cards, ATM cards, passbooks, and chat records. Officials said the scam involved crores of rupees moved through interstate networks.

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