Fake Court Orders to Defreeze Frozen Accounts In Kerala, probe launched

A probe has been launched after cyber fraudsters allegedly duped bank officials into defreezing six frozen accounts and transferring money using forged court and police documents, police said on Saturday. 

The Thiruvananthapuram City Cyber Police registered a case following a complaint filed by the manager of a private bank at Vazhuthacaud on June 25 and began an investigation.

According to police, several bank accounts had been



frozen earlier on the request of the Cyber Police in connection with criminal cases. In April this year, the bank received an email from an address resembling the official email ID of the Thiruvananthapuram City Cyber Police. 

The email contained a forged letter on the Cyber Police letterhead, a fake legal notice and a fabricated court order carrying the forged signature and seal of the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Thiruvananthapuram, officials said.