Lucknow. In the case of fraud of 146 crores from Uttar Pradesh Co-operative Bank, STF has arrested five people including section officer and gang mastermind Ramraj in Lok Bhawan, Karmaveer, assistant manager of Mahmudabad-based cooperative bank and cyber expert. This fraud was planned in Hotel Comfort located in Charbagh, a blueprint for forgery was prepared in many districts including Lucknow and cyber experts were called from Mumbai. More than one crore rupees were spent in this planning.
they have been arrested
According to SSP STF Vishal Vikram Singh, arrested Ramraj, a resident of Para, Lucknow, is originally a resident of Khaga Kumbipur in Fatehpur and is a section officer in Home Section-15 in Lok Bhavan. The arrested Roja of Shahjahanpur, Dhruv Kumar Srivaswat (cyber expert) of Lodhipur New Colony, Assistant Bank Manager Karamveer Singh is a resident of Ambedkar, Etah. Akash Kumar is Bhupendra Singh of Kanpur Naubasta Bamba and Dawoodnagar Jargnath village of Bihar Aurangabad. The five have been arrested from near the polytechnic crossroads.
The device was ready for transfer of money
SSP STF said that the master mind of the gang is Dhruv Kumar Srivastava. He came to Lucknow in May 2021 with his friend Gyandev Pal. Here Akash Kumar and then a contractor met. Some cyber experts were called from Mumbai. They all stayed in this hotel. Hackers devised a device to transfer money online from bank accounts. Karmaveer Singh and Gyandev Pal together installed the device eight times in the bank’s system but without success.
Banks used to go under planning
Meanwhile, the gang met former bank manager RS Dubey, builder Ganga Sagar Chauhan and others. On October 15, 15-20 people including RS Dubey, Ravi Verma and Gyandev Pal reached KD Singh Stadium. From here RS Dubey and Ravi Verma were sent to the bank, because these people used to visit the bank frequently for three to four months under planning. He also used to work while sitting there. Being a former bank manager, RS Dubey did not have any problem in sitting in the bank.
Rs 146 crore transferred in about two and a half hours
RS Dubey had also obtained the login id and password of the cashier and manager of the bank with the help of bank personnel. Ravi installed software Keelgar in the system inside the bank and installed the device. After this, Rs 146 crore was transferred from the bank accounts of builder Ganga Sagar Chauhan to eight other accounts including his brother in about two and a half hours and the gang members fled to Nainital. The cost of the hotel located at Charbagh was paid around Rs 30 lakh. In the past, Cyber Crime Headquarters SP Triveni Singh and ASP Sachidanand Singh, Inspector Mohammad Muslim Khan arrested former bank manager RS Dubey, builder Ganga Sagar Chauhan and cyber expert Satish and sent them to jail.
Gang used to cheat even in the name of job:
SSP STF said that Ramraj came to know that he along with his partner Vinay Giri used to cheat the unemployed in the name of job. Some high school, original mark sheets, certificates, Aadhar cards, eight mobile phones and other documents, two bikes and a car have been recovered from the gang. Has cheated more than 100 people of crores.