Dummy bank accounts were also used in the game of money laundering through cryptocurrency. These accounts were opened through fake Aadhaar cards. This fake Aadhaar card was made by Krishna Avtar Singh himself. The police is also trying to find out where and how fake Aadhaar cards were made. According to police sources, during interrogation before being sent to jail, the accused revealed many important things. Told that dummy bank accounts are also opened for this game of converting black money into white. The documents on which these accounts were opened are completely forged.
The most important of these is the Aadhaar card. These fake Aadhaar cards are made through photo mixing software. In this the name-address remains the same while the photo of the relative is affixed. Bank accounts opened on forged documents are used to evade the police.
Police officers told that suddenly when there is more transaction in an account, it comes on the radar of the bank. In this regard, the bank calls the account holder and inquires and if the matter is suspicious, the police is informed. Officials say that in most of the cases it is not followed by the banks. Secondly, even if the information is given, it becomes difficult to reach the account holder due to fake KYC.
Aadhaar card was made in the name of Zeeshan Khan According to sources, a fake Aadhaar card has also been recovered from the possession of accused Krishna Avtar. His photo is there, but his name is written as Jeeshana Khan s/o Shamimuddin r/o Puri Madani, Hena Gold Bakery, Bajupur GTB Nagar. On being asked by the police, he told that he himself got the fake Aadhaar card made. He also told that apart from opening dummy accounts, he used this fake ID to stay in hotels etc. So that he could not get caught by the police.
Wallet on Binance also on fake KYC Fraud in this game was not limited to just opening accounts. The people involved in this commit forgery at every step. Police investigation has also revealed that fake KYC was also used for the wallet created on the Binance app to buy cryptocurrency Tether. It had an ID proof in the name of one Suresh Kumar. During interrogation, the accused himself confessed that he had sent the details of the wallet to Jai by creating a fake ID proof.
ATS interrogated STF, ED will also investigate
Along with the Special Task Force, the Anti-Terrorist Squad has also investigated the case of converting illegal earnings from gaming websites into cryptocurrency and sending them to Dubai. Both the teams interrogated the accused at length before sending them to jail. On the other hand, the matter has also been informed by the police to the Enforcement Directorate (ED). It is believed that soon the investigation will be done by the ED as well.
Sources said that in the initial interrogation, when the accused Krishna Avtar Singh told about sending money to Dubai in the form of cryptocurrency, the ears of the officers stood up. Seeing the seriousness of the matter, he informed the STF as well as the ATS.
After this the teams of STF and ATS reached the crime branch office and interrogated the accused for hours. Tried to know his links and also took information about social media accounts. After thorough questioning, both the teams went back. On the other hand, being a case of money laundering, information was also given to the local unit of the Enforcement Directorate. It is believed that soon ED can also start investigation in this matter.
Macbook and mobile sent FSL
The MacBook and five mobile phones recovered from the possession of the accused were sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory on Monday for examination. Police sources say that at present they have received details of transactions of the last 10 days from only 20 accounts. While the accused confessed during interrogation that he was engaged in this work for the last six months. In such a situation, important information can be obtained from MacBook and mobile. FSL team can recover deleted data as well as information available in MacBook and Mobile.
Application will be given for custody remand The police is also preparing to take the accused on custody remand. Actually many questions are yet to be answered. For example, till now the accused has not given any information about Jai. Nothing could be known about the operators of chat groups made on Facebook and Telegram, in which the work of buying and selling accounts was done. Many such questions still remain. ADCP Crime Satishchand told that soon an application will be filed in the court to take the accused on custody remand.
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Dummy bank accounts were also used in the game of money laundering through cryptocurrency. These accounts were opened through fake Aadhaar cards. This fake Aadhaar card was made by Krishna Avtar Singh himself. The police is also trying to find out where and how fake Aadhaar cards were made. According to police sources, during interrogation before being sent to jail, the accused revealed many important things. Told that dummy bank accounts are also opened for this game of converting black money into white. The documents on which these accounts were opened are completely forged.
The most important of these is the Aadhaar card. These fake Aadhaar cards are made through photo mixing software. In this the name-address remains the same while the photo of the relative is affixed. Bank accounts opened on forged documents are used to evade the police.
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