The racket was operated from Jamtara

The accused would pose as bank executives to extract account details

They had 3 cases registered against them

A cyber-crime racket operating from Jamtara was busted and 3 individuals, Sanjay Mandal, Vikas alias Vicky Vinod Shukla, and Momu Zamil alias Mujju Ayub Malek have been arrested in connection to this near the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) checkpoint . They were involved in 3 cases spread across Gujarat, Punjab and Telangana. They would procure credit card details of individuals and send them links promising cash rewards. They would then contact the individuals claiming to be bank executives requesting for their bank account details in order to transfer the amount. They are said to have made Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh on a daily basis. 

 “After illegally procuring the data of credit card holders, they would send messages to the customers informing them that their reward points were expiring. The trio would send links to people who wanted to redeem the points. Once the victims filled up the Google form with bank details, they would syphon the money and transfer it to the accounts handled by their masterminds Shankar Mandal and Vicky Mandal in Jharkhand,” Rajesh Parmar, deputy commissioner of police (DCP), zone-6 said, as per a report in the Times of India.  

“The scale of the sheer number of agents and gang members involved is very high as they would give commission to all those giving them the leads. Using commission as a tool, they created a massive countrywide network,” said JR Chaudhary, inspector, Sachin GIDC police station, as per a report in the Times of India.