LUCKNOW: Two days after busting an interstate cyber fraud racket allegedly involved in online scams worth crores of rupees, the Gonda cyber cell has intensified its probe by tracing additional complainants linked to the fraud network and initiating coordination with police units in several states to identify other members of the syndicate, officials said.Police said investigators are now contacting victims whose complaints were filed on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and are also sharing details of the arrested accused and suspicious bank accounts with police agencies in other states.The development comes after the arrest of nine accused allegedly involved in operating mule bank accounts used to route proceeds of cyber fraud, online trading scams and financial crimes across multiple states.The arrested accused have been identified as Aman Singh, Kuldeep Verma, Rohit Singh, Suraj Kumar Singh, Mohit Singh, Ranjeet Kumar, Mohammad Arif, Mohammad Sameer and Alok Gupta.According to investigators, the gang operated across Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Odisha, Haryana, Bihar, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh. Police said the accused allegedly collected bank accounts from economically vulnerable people by luring them with promises of government scheme benefits and later used those accounts to route fraudulent money.During the operation, police recovered 347 bank passbooks, 177 ATM cards, 22 Aadhaar cards, 10 mobile phones, cash and motorcycles. Authorities also froze transactions worth more than Rs 14.87 crore linked to suspicious accounts.Investigators said 46 bank accounts linked to the syndicate have been identified so far, including 17 accounts against which 212 complaints had already been registered on the NCRP portal.Gonda SP Vineet Jaiswal said police were now expanding the investigation to uncover the wider interstate network and identify additional handlers, account suppliers and beneficiaries linked to the racket.Officials said technical analysis of chats, internet banking credentials, transaction patterns and digital evidence recovered from the accused was continuing, while police teams remain in touch with cybercrime units in other states for coordinated action.
