CBI arrests 3 for Rs 3.81 crore cyber fraud using mule accounts
The CBI has arrested three men for allegedly siphoning off Rs 3.81 crore through online fraud in a single day using mule accounts, officials said on Sunday.
The agency has arrested mule account holder Sudhir Bhaskar Palande and agents Yash Thakur and Shaurya Sunilkumar Singh, who have been sent to judicial custody, they said.
Acting on a tip-off, the CBI booked a mule account holder and unidentified cyber scamsters, bank officials and others for allegedly committing cybercrime using a mule account in which Rs 3.81 crore was siphoned off on July 2 from various victims.
