Accounts ‘rented’ to route proceeds of cyber fraud

Ahmedabad: Cyber fraudsters are deploying new tools— the accounts of people who are either unemployed or are not earning much — to route the proceeds of their crimes.

Recently, the Hyderabad Cybercrime police caught two men — Prakash Prajapati and Kumar Prajapati from Amraiwadi in Ahmedabad — for their alleged involvement in a Rs 712 crore Chinese app fraud.

Prakash Prajapati had earlier been booked by Jamnagar police’s cyber cell in connection with a Rs 1 crore movie rating fraud.