Jaisalmer: Sriganganagar police and cyber police arrested a City Union Bank assistant manager and another person Tuesday in connection with a cyber fraud case involving Rs 17.71 lakh.Superintendent of police Hari Shankar said the Cyber police arrested bank assistant manager Shubham Farkya and Subhanshu Thakaria on a complaint filed by Mukesh Kumar of Gharsana.Police said Mukesh, who traded in the stock market through Angel Broking, received a Facebook friend request from a woman identifying herself as Soni Sharma on April 16. She later contacted him on WhatsApp and allegedly persuaded him to invest in cryptocurrency through TrustMyCoin.com. He was subsequently duped of Rs 17,71,480.During the investigation, police allegedly found that Farkya and others used a scanned and digitally manipulated voter ID in the name of Vijay Chaudhary of Tilonia in Ajmer to open a savings account at City Union Bank’s Ajmer branch.Police said Thakaria’s mobile number was linked to the account for net banking and the account-opening form carried forged signatures and a photograph of another person.Investigators said the accused allegedly sold the account to Gordhan alias Rahul Chaudhary of Ajmer for Rs 12,000. The account was later used to receive Rs 1.65 lakh linked to a cyber fraud on June 14. Of this, Rs 1 lakh was allegedly withdrawn from an ATM in Kishangarh and the rest transferred through UPI.A case was registered at Cyber police station and investigation is underway.
