Bengaluru tailor duped into opening mule account in ₹60.9 lakh cyber fraud

A 50-year-old woman working as a tailor in Vijayanagar fell victim to a cyber fraud after being lured into opening a bank account on the promise of earning ₹2,000 per month. The account was later used as a mule account to route illegal transactions worth over ₹60.9 lakh.

Based on a complaint filed by the resident of Vijayanagar, the South Division Cyber Crime police registered a case on Monday and launched a search for the accused, identified as Karna.