Telangana Cyber Security Bureau arrests over 100 in mule account crackdown

The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau arrested over 100 persons in a two-week operation across five southern States for allegedly supplying mule accounts and KYC documents to cybercriminals. Police seized debit cards and bank passbooks linked to mule accounts

Hyderabad: The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau has arrested more than 100 persons allegedly involved in supplying ‘mule accounts’ to cybercriminals and providing KYC documents for fraudulent banking transactions in a major operation across five southern States.

The two-week operation was conducted in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala by teams of the Cyber Security Bureau. The suspects allegedly acted as agents for cybercriminals by arranging bank accounts and KYC documents that were used to receive and transfer proceeds of online fraud.

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Police seized large quantities of debit cards and bank passbooks linked to mule accounts from the arrested persons.

Officials said the operation was aimed at dismantling the network that facilitates cybercrime by providing banking infrastructure to fraudsters. The arrested persons are being brought to Hyderabad on transit remand for further investigation.

The Bureau is expected to examine the financial transactions and links of the accused with wider cybercrime networks.