The Morbi Cybercrime Police arrested Sujal Chamadiya, a 20-year-old Ayurveda practitioner, for allegedly renting his bank account to receive proceeds from cyberfraud.
A complaint was filed at Morbi City Cybercrime Police Station on February 5 against Chamadiya and two associates, Chirag from Ahmedabad and Manoj Makwana. Investigation revealed that Chamadiya held an account with Union Bank, which was used for multiple suspicious transactions on November 13–14 of the previous year.
Police found that seven transactions totaling Rs14.55 lakh were credited to Chamadiya’s account. During interrogation, he admitted to renting out his bank account to Chirag and Manoj around three months ago in exchange for a commission of Rs20,000, also handing over his bank kit for the operations.
Further investigation showed that the credited funds included Rs4.91 lakh from Andhra Pradesh, Rs1.24 lakh from Punjab, and Rs1.38 lakh from Telangana. Complaints related to these transactions were filed on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) in all three states.
Authorities are continuing to investigate the co-accused and trace the complete cyber fraud network.
