Gurugram bank employee arrested for cyber fraud

The Gurugram cyber police arrested a bank employee in connection with cyber fraud. The accused allegedly changed the bank details of a customer and provided its access to cyber fraudsters.

The suspect has been identified as Tipu Sultan, a native of Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh. The police also recovered a mobile phone and two SIM cards from his possession. According to the police, a person filed a complaint stating that he opened an account with DBS Bank, DLF, Phase 2, here.

On December 6, the complainant received a message on his mobile number that his bank account has been credited with Rs 15,000. When he asked Tipu about it, he told him that the amount credited to his account was from the bank. On December 9, he again received a message that his account has been credited with Rs 1.96 crore.

He got suspicious and went to the bank. He found that bank relation manager Tipu Sultan changed his mobile number and email ID linked to the bank account. Following which, he approached the police. A case in this regard was registered against the bank relation manager at the Cyber Crime East police station.

The cyber police on Thursday arrested the suspect from Indira Colony, Gurugram.

“During interrogation, Tipu revealed that he was working with DBS Bank since June 2023. A person asked him to open a current account. He told him that he was into online betting business and needs a current account. In return, he offered a bribe of Rs 5 lakh. In greed of money, he fraudulently changed the mobile number and email ID of the complainant’s bank account and gave the same bank account access to the person. We are questioning the suspect,” said Priyanshu Dewan, ACP (cybercrime).

So far, 23 bank employees involved in different cases of cyber fraud have been arrested this year.