JHARKHAND: As many as 8,674 bank accounts, allegedly linked to cybercriminals, have been frozen in Jharkhand on suspicion that these are being used for phishing, a CID official said on Tuesday. The maximum of 2002 accounts were frozen in Deoghar district, followed by 1,183 in Dhanbad and 959 in Ranchi, he said.
“We have received the details of frozen accounts from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Center and have prepared a district and bank list of such information.
“The data will be shared with the police superintendent of all districts and banks to verify the accounts,” Jharkhand Crime Investigation Department (CID) Director General Anurag Gupta told PTI.
He said the details of such account holders will be tracked.
“If these accounts are found to be fake or linked to cybercriminals, action will be taken against the account holders,” he said.
The CID has conducted a massive operation against cyber criminals in Jharkhand.
As many as 495 people have been arrested for allegedly being involved in cyber crimes, and FIRs registered against 107 for cyber frauds in the last three months, Gupta said.
In addition, 1,164 mobile phones and 1,725 SIM cards were also seized during operations against cybercrimes, he said.
Attacks on cybercriminals are carried out regularly in various districts, including Deoghar, Giridih, Bokaro, Jamtara and Ranchi.
Sixteen cybercriminals were arrested on Monday from Bokaro district, police said.
Bokaro City Deputy Superintendent of Police Kuldeep Kumar said that the accused live in rented houses near Cooperative Colony.
The police also recovered mobile phones, SIM cards, postal barcodes, rubber stamps and fake currency from them, he added.