Gujarat Cyber Police Arrests Gang Member for Using Fake Email to Issue Fraudulent Bank Account Unfreeze Notices

GUJARAT : In response to the increasing cybercrime cases, the Director General of Police, CID Crime and Railways, Mr. Rajkumar Pandiyan, has instructed stringent and thorough action. Accordingly, under the supervision of Inspector General of Police Crime-1, Mr. Sanjay Kharat, and Police Superintendents Mr. Dharmendra Sharma and Mr. Bhartasang Tank, a team led by Police Inspector Mr. B.M. Choudhary, analyzed the entire case and arrested the accused in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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The State Cyber Crime Cell, CID Crime, Gujarat, received complaints regarding a fraudulent email ID, helpline-cyber-cid@gujarat-g-o-v.in, which was similar to the official government email ID helpline-cyber-cid@gujarat.gov.in. The accused created this fake email ID to send false notices to banks to unfreeze Axis Bank account number 924020043268705 and Federal Bank account number 99980115258076.

Upon investigation, details from the domain helpline-cyber- cid@gujarat-g-o-v.in were obtained from the GoDaddy company, which revealed a mobile number 7010355303. An analysis of the information obtained led to a suspect mobile number 8531986841, which, through open-source checks, identified the name Premraj Unfreeze USDT. Further investigation provided bank details for verification, leading to the arrest of Prem Raj Rajapandi at his residence in Chennai.

Arrested person is Premraj and offender whose arrest is pending is Vimalraj Rajgopal. Seized items include 4 mobile phones, 10 Cheque books, 2 Passbooks, 1 Apple MacBook Air Laptop, 4 ATM Welcome kit letters, 1 SafePal Crypto Wallet, 1 Kingston SSD, 13 ATM Cards and 1 Memory card.

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Complaints Filed Against Seized Bank Accounts: 

1.  IndusInd Bank Account 150304200233 – Cyber Fraud Applications: o 31309230048395, 31908230034772

2. Axis Bank Account 924010005160376 – Cyber Fraud Applications: o 22709240041392, 22909240073626, 30809240040091, 32709240049654

3. Kotak Bank Account 3345463356 – Cyber Fraud Applications: o 31607230020710,     32907230019064,     32907230020060,     33707230025923, 33708230028045

4. HDFC Bank Account 50100396520132 – Cyber Fraud Applications: o 23707230030322,     31307230034797,     31507230009045,     31607230020710, 32107230016348, 32907230018701, 33707230026484

5. CSB Bank Account 121907957430190001 – Cyber Fraud Application: o 22909240073626

Fake Email ID Created by the Accused: 

• helpline-cyber-cid@gujarat-g-o-v.in
• kasturba.mum@mahapolice-go-v.in

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