CHENNAI: The sleuths of Central Crime Branch on Friday arrested a sexagenarian in Delhi in connection with an banking fraud case registered in Chennai. 62-year-old Mahabir Prasad from the Industrial Area, Delhi, was accused of helping an online fraudster by offering his bank account to illegally transfer funds from other accounts.Police said NRI Louis Peter Bernard had lodged a complaint that somebody had withdrawn `18.80 lakh from his NRI Savings Bank account in a private bank. He complained that some unknown person had impersonated him and had withdrawn money from his account.Police said a team arrested Mahabir in Delhi and he confessed that he met one Mohammad Asif through one of his friends. Asif had told him that his relative earned a lot of money through online frauds and that he needed bank accounts to transfer money from the accounts of victims from other states. The accused confessed to police that he accepted the offer and cash of `5 lakh was transferred to his account, which he withdrew and handed over to Asif before receiving a commission.
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