Delhi Police have arrested four men for allegedly running a fake KYC update scam to cheat bank customers. The accused have been identified as Shiv Kumar Ravidas, Sanjay Ravidas, Dinesh Ravidas, and Shubham Kumar Barnwal, aged between 22 and 33 years. They were arrested from Jharkhand and West Bengal.
How the Scam Operated?
The accused pretended to be bank officials and contacted people through calls or messages, claiming that their KYC needed to be updated urgently. This created fear and panic, pushing victims to act quickly without thinking. The scammers then sent a fake link or app and asked the victims to install it. Once installed, the app allowed the scammers to take control of the victim’s phone, including banking apps. Using this access, they stole money from bank accounts and credit cards, took loans without permission, transferred money to fake accounts, and later withdrew cash using ATMs and POS machines.
How the case came to light?
A woman from Sagarpur in Delhi filed a complaint in December 2025 after receiving messages that a loan of ₹8.33 lakh had been taken using her credit card. She later found that two large amounts—₹5 lakh and ₹3.3 lakh—had been withdrawn from her account without her permission. The woman said she never approved any of these transactions, after which the police registered a case and started an investigation.
