Times News NetworkKanpur: Police on Saturday arrested a scrap businessman from Agra district, Ankit Goyal, who carried a Rs 25,000 reward, in connection with a cyber fraud case in which the alleged amount rose to about Rs 250 crore.According to joint police commissioner (Law and Order) Vipin Tada, a surprising piece of information came to light from accused Ankit Goyal had transferred the swindled amount to the account of a woman named Jennifer Florence of California.Tada while briefing media said that in April, Barra police arrested four bank employees and sent them to jail in a cyber fraud case of Rs 125 crore. He said that three days ago, police arrested absconding accused Rajveer Singh, a resident of Barra and Shivam Sinha, resident of Ratan Lal Nagar and sent them to jail.
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He said that after this, the cyber fraud amount increased to about Rs 250 crore. The police so far arrested nine accused in the case and sent them to jail, and on Saturday arrested and sent to jail scrap businessman Ankit Goyal, originally a resident of Fatehpur Sikri in Agra district, he said.The joint police commissioner said accused Ankit Goyal met Rajveer Singh through his driver, Barra resident Satish Pandey. More than 30 mobile phones and SIM cards were recovered from Satish, who has been sent to jail.Ankit Goyal used to take fake GST bills from scrap businessmen of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, and along with taking fake income tax claims, used to dispose of the defrauded money.Three fake firms named Rajaram Traders, Shri Shyam and Radha Traders were found with the accused, in which a total transaction of Rs 53 crore took place from January 2025 to April 2026. The accused also carried out transactions worth a total of Rs 45 crore in the account of the daughter of a BSF jawan from Ghaziabad in the past one year, he said.When police investigated the firms, three cyber fraud complaints were found on the Pratibimb portal in Motihari of Bihar, Kurnool of Telangana and Goregaon of Maharashtra, he said.After a reward of Rs 25,000 was declared on him, Ankit deleted all the data from his mobile phone, and on scrutinising his account details, money was transferred to the account of a woman named Jennifer Florence in California, and other details of the account were being scrutinised, Vipin Tada said.
