The Uttar Pradesh Polices Special Task Force (STF) has arrested five criminals including two master minds of the cooperative bank fraud involving Rs 146 crore transferred by digital means, media reports say.
However, the hackers hired from Delhi who helped the accused are yet to be nabbed.
The STF has recovered lots of fake documents and blank cheques from the accused.
The arrested criminals have owned up to their crime. According to the police, the cyber thugs spent Rs 1 crore in 18 months, hired three hackers, used six devices, used three keylogger software and roped in three employees to breach the bank’s server.
