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Khar Police Bust Mule Account Racket, Arrest Delivery Boy
Police in Mumbai called the Khar Police caught a person who helped bad people steal money online.
The person's name is Avinash Kharat, and he is 25 years old.
He works as a delivery boy, but police say he opened 22 bank accounts for a cheating scheme.
More than 7.42 crore rupees was received through these accounts.
The police found out about the scheme after a person complained about being cheated.
That person was contacted on an app called Telegram and offered task-based work.
Instead of earning money, the person lost 4.07 lakh rupees.
Kharat bought a flat near Pune to use as an address for the accounts.
Police are still looking for another person named Vikas Bhujpal and suspect a gang from Rajasthan is involved.
Khar police busted a mule account racket and arrested Avinash Kharat, a 25-year-old delivery boy from Beed.
Kharat allegedly opened 22 bank accounts through which more than ₹7.42 crore linked to cyber fraud was received.
The case emerged from an online cheating complaint in which the victim was contacted via Telegram, offered task-based work, and cheated of ₹4.07 lakh.
Police are tracing Vikas Bhujpal, 24, of Pimpri-Chinchwad, in whose name nine of the accounts were opened.
Thirteen accounts were in Kharat's name, and police suspect a Rajasthan-based gang is involved in the racket.
- Who
- Avinash Kharat, a 25-year-old delivery boy from Beed, arrested by Khar Police; Vikas Bhujpal, 24, of Pimpri-Chinchwad, being traced; DCP Mohit Kumar Gard of Khar Police.
- What
- Busting of a mule account racket linked to cyber fraud, involving 22 bank accounts through which more than ₹7.42 crore was received.
- Where
- Khar area of Mumbai; accounts were opened using an address near Pune.
- When
- Not stated in the articles.
- Why
- To route proceeds of alleged cyber fraud through mule accounts opened in multiple names.
Key facts
- Arrested accused
- Avinash Kharat, 25, delivery boy
- Alleged proceeds through accounts
- More than ₹7.42 crore
- Mule accounts opened
- 22
- Loss to complainant
- ₹4.07 lakh
- Accused being traced
- Vikas Bhujpal, 24, of Pimpri-Chinchwad
- Accounts in Kharat's name
- 13
- Accounts in Bhujpal's name
- 9
- Suspected gang location
- Rajasthan
Sources
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