Two Assamese citizens were detained by the Manipur police in the Imphal West district on suspicion of participating in an interstate cybercrime ring. According to an official, the two were taken into custody on Friday in the district’s vicinity of Khuman Lampak village on suspicion of operating a cybercrime ring utilizing mule bank accounts. Mule accounts are bank accounts that receive and transmit money through illegitimate means in order to enable criminal transactions. According to him, they were from the districts of Barpeta and Chirang in Assam. Two individuals arrested are members of a criminal network tasked with collecting sensitive credentials like Aadhaar and bank account details. The two accused used two mule bank accounts linked to economic offenses in different states, as recorded in the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal.
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