Mahesh Bank e-fraud: Two African nationals, woman taken into custody

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cyber crime police took into custody two Africans and a woman in connection with the Mahesh union Cooperative Bank e-fraud case. Unidentified persons last month had transferred Rs. 12.9 crore to around 129 accounts across India after hacking into three bank accounts maintained with the bank. The Hyderabad cybercrime police basing on […]

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cyber crime police took into custody two Africans and a woman in connection with the Mahesh union Cooperative Bank e-fraud case. Unidentified persons last month had transferred Rs. 12.9 crore to around 129 accounts across India after hacking into three bank accounts maintained with the bank.

The Hyderabad cybercrime police basing on a complaint from the bank had started investigation and identified many account holders who received the money. Three account holders from New Delhi in whose account the money was deposited were taken into custody by the police and are being brought to the city.

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Teams of the Hyderabad police went to several States after getting details of the account holders to identify and question them. In certain instances, the police found that the account holders do not have knowledge of the transactions or that an account exists of their name in the particular bank.

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