A 26-year-old private firm employee, Sridhar Ramesh K. from Rajajinagar, has complained that his female friends misused his bank account and SIM card to commit cyber fraud. The North Division CEN Police have registered a case against Nandini and Deepthi following the complaint. They have been charged under Sections 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act, 2000 for identity theft and cheating by personation using computer resources. They are also booked under Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, for dishonestly inducing delivery of property. The fraud was discovered when police, tracking cybercrime money in another case, found suspicious transactions on Ramesh’s bank account and questioned him. Ramesh said he knew Nandini for five years. In December 2024, she asked to use his Karnataka Bank account because she had no bank account for financial transactions. Trusting her, he shared his bank details and gave her a SIM card linked to that account. Later, he found out that Nandini, Deepthi, and others misused his account and SIM for fraudulent transactions without his consent. Police are investigating their role and others in the cybercrime network. Meanwhile, in a similar case, a restaurant chef reported friends misusing his bank accounts after they borrowed the details for a day in 2024. Police advise the public not to share bank details and to regularly check transaction records to avoid such frauds.