Cyber criminal arrested by Cyberabad police in SIM swap fraud

Hyderabad: A 34-year-old man from West Bengal was arrested by the Cyberabad Cyber crimes police on Tuesday, for swapping the SIM card of a city resident and siphoning Rs 26.44 lakh from the three bank accounts of the victim.

Accused Bikas Shaw, 34, a resident of Kolkata has been helping the Nigerian nationals indulging in cyber frauds in India since 2011. He was earlier arrested by the police of Karnataka, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Rajasthan, and Telangana for involvement in SIM swapping fraud.