Kanpur: Cyber crime police of Commissionerate Police arrested two members of an inter-state gang accused of using fake firms and bank accounts to commit investment-related cyber fraud. Investigators found transactions of about Rs 5,600 crore across 72 bank accounts and 86 cybercrime complaints from several states.Police identified the accused as Shavez Waris of Beconganj and Salman, who lives near Haleem College in Chamanganj. Acting on the information provided by them, the police recovered Rs 65 lakh in cash during a raid on a farmhouse in Jajmau. Mobile phones, cheque books, ATM cards and other digital evidence were also seized from their possession.Police said 22 complaints against Waris were registered on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal. The investigators identified 11 bank accounts linked to him, involving transactions totalling about Rs 170 crore.Salman faces 32 complaints registered on the portal. The investigators found two major bank accounts linked to him in which transactions of about Rs 16 crore had allegedly taken place.Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal said, “We are examining their bank accounts, mobile phones and transaction records to establish the sources and destinations of the money. We are also investigating whether cyber fraud proceeds were routed through hawala or other channels, why the cash was kept at the farmhouse and whether others were involved,” said Lal further.
