Man accused of handing over bank account to online racket arrested

A man accused of abetting a racket involved in online cheating by allegedly providing his bank account credentials, which was used to defraud a person of ₹47 lakhs through a job scam, was arrested by the Muvattupuzha police. According to the police, the arrested had handed over his bank account to the racket, which used it to carry out transactions worth lakhs. They said that the arrangement of operating bank accounts through proxies was rampant and and the search was ongoing for others involved in the alleged fraud. “Giving operational rights of bank accounts to third parties is a serious offence,” said District Police Chief Vaibhav Saxena.