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A large cyber fraud involving transactions worthy ₹547 crore linked to fraudulent telephone centres based overseas has been busted with the apprehension of 18 persons by the V M Banjar constabulary successful Khammam territory connected Sunday (January 11).
The main accused successful the cyber fraud case, identified arsenic Potru Manoj Kalyan, a autochthonal of Sathupalli town, has already been arrested and sent successful remand, the constabulary said.
The fraud came to airy aft Saikiran of Tumburu colony successful Sathupalli mandal lodged a ailment against the main accused successful the racket connected December 24 past year.
A elaborate probe into the lawsuit led to the apprehension of the kingpin of the cyber fraud and consequent apprehension of 17 different persons for their alleged links with the cyber fraud network.
The constabulary identified Praveen arsenic the kingpin of the racket and Udathaneni Vikas Chowdary, Potru Praveen and Morampdu Chenna Keshava, each natives of Khammam district, arsenic the members of the cybercrime syndicate.
Addressing the media astatine V M Banjar constabulary presumption connected Sunday, Khammam Police Commissioner Sunil Dutt said the accused were progressive successful a large-scale, organised cyber fraud network.
The accused induced aggregate individuals nether the guise of employment, concern opportunities and monetary incentives. They made them unfastened the slope accounts which they operated successful their names. These slope accounts were intentionally utilized for receiving, transferring and laundering the proceeds of cyber fraud. The accused successful crook converted a information of the swindled wealth into cryptocurrency. Efforts are connected to nab six much accused who are astatine large.
During the investigation, the constabulary discovered transactions to the tune of a staggering ₹114.18 crore successful the slope relationship of Manoj Kalyan and ₹45.62 crore successful 2 abstracted slope accounts of his woman Bhanupriya, ₹135.48 crore successful his brother-in-law M. Satish’s slope account, ₹81.72 crore successful Nagalakshmi’s slope relationship and ₹92.54 crore successful Karimnagar-based Tatikonda Raju’s slope relationship and ₹80.41 crore successful Vikas’s slope account.
