The Cyber Crime Wing of Avadi City Police arrested five men for allegedly operating mule accounts on commission basis for cyber fraudsters and facilitating to swindle money from people.
The police began investigation after Bijiyan Halder Ramasamy, 44, a resident of Veppampattu, Tiruvallur district lodged a complaint alleging that unidentified persons sent a WhatsApp message to his mobile phone inviting him to invest in an online trading scheme and offering to double the investment. Without verifying the authenticity of the post, he also transferred ₹ 10.25 lakh to the bank account numbers mentioned by the fraudsters.
On receipt of the complaint, police quickly acted and analysed the call records and bank transaction details of the suspects and victims. They found that the money was credited into the accounts of five different men and after following the money trail, the police arrested the account holders – K. Enoch Raj, 31, who was working as a cricket coach in Sivagangai after completing B.Com, V.Joseph Nicholas who was working at a mobile phone shop in Tirunelveli after finishing MCA, B. Saran, 29, of Perambur in Chennai, working at an IT firm after completing MBA, V. Vignesh, 22, of Tiruchi district who was working as a developer after graduating in engineering and V. Alwyn Joy, 24, a diploma holder doing electrical works in Thanjavur.
Police investigation revealed that they opened bank accounts and rented these out to the fraudsters for money. Laptops and mobile phones were seized from them. The five men were remanded to judicial custody.
Published – September 09, 2025 07:17 pm IST
