Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Delhi Police bust bank account kit factory after Instagram scam
A man in Delhi was looking at Instagram one day.
He saw a post offering a job you can do from home.
He paid Rs 10,000 to sign up for the job.
But the job was fake and the people stopped talking to him.
He told the police what happened.
The police followed the money and found a secret group.
This group made 'bank account kits' to help bad people cheat others.
They sold these kits to fraudsters in India and other countries.
Police arrested six people, including the group's leader and a bank manager.
Police are now asking banks to check more carefully so this stops.
A Delhi man duped of Rs 10,000 by a fake Instagram 'freelance job' offer filed a complaint that led police to the racket.
Delhi Police arrested six people between July 8 and July 20, including alleged mastermind Dishant Khanna and bank manager Kundan Kumar.
Police recovered 248 ready-to-use bank account kits with internet banking credentials, debit cards, cheque books and passbooks.
The syndicate allegedly routed more than Rs 70 crore through 248 accounts and is linked to 156 NCRP complaints across 19 states and Union Territories.
Accounts were allegedly supplied to fraud operators in Dubai and the UK; an India-based kingpin and a UAE-based mastermind remain absconding.
- Who
- A man in Central Delhi's Baljeet Nagar duped of Rs 10,000; six accused arrested by Delhi Police, including alleged mastermind Dishant Khanna and Suryoday Small Finance Bank manager Kundan Kumar.
- What
- A cyber fraud syndicate that created and sold ready-to-use 'bank account kits' to fraudsters in India and abroad was busted.
- When
- The victim's complaint was filed on June 29; all six arrests took place between July 8 and July 20.
- Where
- Central Delhi, with operations traced to Shalimar Bagh and Haiderpur, bank branches in Gurgaon and West Delhi, and handlers in the UAE and the UK.
- Why
- The investigation began after a victim's Rs 10,000 job-scam complaint led police to uncover the wider bank-account fraud network.
- Scam amount paid by victim
- Rs 10,000 in three installments
- Funds routed through accounts
- More than Rs 70 crore
- Account kits recovered
- 248, with internet banking credentials, debit cards, cheque books and passbooks
- People arrested
- 6, including alleged mastermind and a bank manager
- Linked NCRP complaints
- 156 across 19 states and Union Territories
- Victims' reported losses
- Around Rs 20 crore
- Bribe paid to bank manager
- Rs 75,000
- Seized items
- 38 SIM cards, 22 mobile phones, 28 forged company stamps, 55 debit/credit cards, Rs 1 lakh cash and a Maruti Brezza