Mule account racket busted; four cyber criminals arrested

Odisha Police Sunday busted a well-organised mule account racket and arrested four brokers, who allegedly opened several bank accounts in the name of others by offering cash incentives to assist cyber criminals.

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‘The accused have been identified as Pabitra Pradhan (25), Anil Kumar Patra (24), Gagan Dalai (25) and Shankarshana Sahu (23). All are from Ganjam district.

Pradhan acted as the main agent to open the mule accounts, while the other three acted as sub-agents, police said.

Five mobile phones, two bank passbooks, Aadhaar cards and an ATM card have been seized from their possession, said Chandan Ghadei, Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Chhatrapur.