Cyber crime: accounts opened in Vijayawada.. floating in Philippines

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Today, Amaravati: Cyber police have arrested a Vijayawada-based gang that opened bank accounts with unemployed and innocent people and sent the details to the Philippines for illegal transactions. Three accused of this gang who were collecting bank accounts by showing hope that they will give money if they open a current account, were arrested. The search is on for the rest of the suspects. The details of the case are.. Perapogu Devdasu of Vijayawada.. an unemployed person. Last year, Krishna Reddy (A3), who was next to his house, opened a current account in the bank with Devdas and expressed hope that if he shared it online, he would get paid. Devadasu went to City Union Bank in Bhavanipuram along with Krishna Reddy hoping to get Rs.10 thousand. He opened a current account there and gave the kit to Krishna Reddy. Later, Rs. 7 thousand was deposited in the phonepay accounts of the victim. Recently, Devadasu.. checked his account and found that there were transactions of Rs.2 crores. The police registered a case and started an investigation when they got scared and filed a complaint at the cyber station in Vijayawada. Important things came to light on inquiry. It was found that his wife Saubhagyalakshmi (A4) also used to open bank accounts with innocent people. They were supervised by Surya Srinivasa Manikantha Elias Surya (A1) of the city. A1 took the accounts collected by Krishna Reddy couple.. He used to give them to Parvati (A2) for illegal transactions. She would give these to another woman in the Philippines. From there, these accounts were used for betting and money transfers in cyber crimes. They get a commission of Rs.30 thousand for each account. That money was shared at all stages. A total of 199 accounts were opened by this gang, out of which 56 transactions were made through 36 accounts. These accounts were used for frauds in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Jammu, Kashmir and other states. 

The main accused Surya.. was also arrested in 2023 by the Agra police in Uttar Pradesh in the case of rental accounts. He spent 9 months in jail. After coming out, it was found that Danda was continuing to collect rent accounts through Telegram. Police arrested Krishna Reddy and his wife Saubhagyalakshmi along with Surya. Two cars and three phones were seized from them. Surya put a 'MLA' sticker in the name of state minister Gottipati Ravikumar on his car. The police are also investigating this. They are trying to arrest many people including the key accused Parvathi.