Varanasi: Bhadohi police on Tuesday night arrested two juveniles aged 15 and 16 for their alleged involvement in a cyber fraud racket that duped people of over Rs 10 crore on the pretext of facilitating benefits under govt schemes and arranging loans.The two were arrested from the Hariharnath Mandir area and Gopipur village.Three members of the gang, including the main accused, Anshul Mishra, were arrested last week. The two juveniles were apprehended after the arrested gang members disclosed their involvement.Police said the two were produced before a juvenile justice board on Wednesday and sent to judicial custody.The case came to light after a complaint was lodged by Aman Kumar Bind of Balipur. He alleged that, on the pretext of arranging a loan, the gang got bank accounts opened in his and his sister’s names and retained the passbooks, ATM cards and linked mobile SIMs.He further alleged that when he demanded his documents back, the gang members threatened him.Police said the gang used to get bank accounts opened in the names of villagers and obtain their documents, ATM cards and SIMs.The accounts were allegedly used to route fraudulent proceeds generated through investment, trading, shopping, credit card and malware APK scams. Details of more than 200 bank accounts were found in mobile phones recovered from the two juveniles, against which over 500 NCRP complaints have been registered.The money was then withdrawn and distributed through ATMs, petrol pump POS machines, cryptocurrency and other channels.
