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Wayanad Police Uncover 500 Mule Accounts Involving Residents Facing Cases Nationwide

Investigators say middlemen paid ₹5,000–₹10,000 to rent bank accounts later used in fraud traced to distant states.

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Overview

  • Wayanad Cyber Police report that more than 500 local residents let others use their bank accounts and now face FIRs registered outside Kerala.
  • At least six people in the Kambalakkad area are implicated, and 27-year-old Ismayil has been arrested and taken to Kohima by Nagaland Police.
  • Dehradun Police served notice to Muhammed Fanish over a ₹58,000 transaction, and Lucknow Police registered a case against Salmath after her account details were shared.
  • Police say middlemen recruited locals with quick-cash offers of ₹5,000 to ₹10,000, collecting account details and OTPs before misusing the accounts.
  • Investigators have identified 32 mule accounts in a single bank in Kalpetta, and similar cases have surfaced in neighbouring Kozhikode and Malappuram.