Bank’s deputy manager held in cyber fraud case

The Gurugram cyber police arrested a deputy manager of the ICICI Bank who provided bank account details to cyber fraudsters. The accused was involved in a fraud of Rs 25 lakh in the name of investment in the stock market.

So far, 18 other bank employees involved in different cases of cyber frauds have also been arrested by the police this year.

According to the police, on February 2, a person filed a complaint with the police regarding being cheated of Rs 25.50 lakh by investing in the stock market after getting lured. A case was registered at the cybercrime police station in Manesar.

While investigating the case, a team of cyber police led by inspector Sunil Kumar, arrested the deputy manager of a Punjab branch on Monday. The accused was identified as Akashdeep Singh. Two accomplices of the accused, Harpreet Singh and Devender Singh, were also arrested earlier in the same case. The accused confessed of opening a fake bank account and making it available to cyber thugs.