Delhi Police Arrest Two Key Accused in Cyber Fraud Case Involving Fake Bank Website

New Delhi, November 10 (Daily Kiran) : The Delhi Police’s Special Cell IFSO unit has achieved a significant breakthrough in a five-year-old cyber fraud case. The incident involved a fraudulent scheme that siphoned off ₹2.7 million through a fake Canara Bank website.

On Tuesday, officials reported that two fugitives, allegedly involved in creating the counterfeit bank website and providing fake customer care services, were arrested after surrendering at the Patiala House Court in Delhi on October 30, 2026.

The case was registered on July 8, 2021, following a complaint by Vishwajit Paul. He reported that he searched for Canara Bank’s customer care number on Google and contacted a number that appeared in the search results. This led him to a link for a fraudulent website designed to mimic the bank’s official site. The site featured the bank’s logo and a similar layout. Following instructions from the caller, Paul entered his banking details on the site, which resulted in a malicious application being downloaded to his phone. Subsequently, ₹2.7 million was illicitly transferred from his account to eight different bank accounts.

Investigations revealed that the accused were key members of a cyber fraud network that created fake websites resembling those of reputable banks and operated fraudulent customer care services through Google ads. They ran ads featuring bogus customer care numbers, which they used to contact victims or transferred calls to accomplices for a fee.

Victims were lured into sharing their banking information via fraudulent links, enabling the scammers to withdraw money from their accounts. The fake Canara Bank website was reportedly designed by Mohammad, while Arshad Ansari and Mohammad Mehruddin Ansari were involved in defrauding the complainant.

Earlier, eight other accused had been arrested, including individuals who provided and managed bank accounts for the fraud and assisted in withdrawing or transferring the stolen funds. A charge sheet was filed against two of the accused, Baharuddin Ansari and Basaruddin Ansari, while six others were also apprehended and are currently out on regular bail.

However, the two main accused, Mohammad Mehruddin Ansari and Mohammad Arshad Ansari, remained at large despite repeated raids and ongoing efforts by the investigation team. The court subsequently issued non-bailable warrants against them.