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Mumbai: Six, including lady deputy bank manager, arrested for phishing
Updated On: 19 July, 2024 08:03 AM IST | Mumbai | Shirish Vaktania
Each person of the organised gang had their role cut out – the deputy manager facilitated the opening of the bank accounts without verification
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Yes Bank deputy manager Pragati Kshirsagar has been arrested by Matunga police for helping the phishing gang open bank accounts
The Mumbai police have arrested six members of a phishing gang including a woman deputy manager of Yes Bank. The gang members were given different responsibilities including collecting identification documents from people for opening of bank accounts. The deputy manager facilitated the opening of the bank account without conducting verification, while others swindled elderly citizens into sharing bank data and fraudulently transferred their money to the newly created bank account. The gang was busted only after a 65-year-old woman was duped of R5.90 lakh from her bank account.
The accused Pragati Atul Kshirsagar, 27, is the deputy bank manager, (sales officer) and a resident of Sector-24 at Juinagar, Navi Mumbai. In the investigation, cops found that Kshirsagar opened about six bank accounts without any verification of the documents for the scamsters. The cops also recovered five mobile phone SIM cards and various bank account documents from the gang members and seized about Rs 95,195 from the bank accounts. According to the police, the incident occurred on April 10 between 3.30 pm and 4.30 pm when the victim’s mother contacted a number found online regarding a matured fixed deposit of R5 lakh from SBI Bank, Khalsa College branch, Matunga East.
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