CBI arrests 2 bankers for aiding cybercrime, opening mule accounts

• CBI arrested Shalini Sinha (ex-Canara Bank) and Abhishek Kumar (ex-Axis Bank) for opening mule accounts to facilitate cybercrime.
• The bankers, based in Patna, were arrested in Varanasi (Sinha) and Betia (Kumar) for their alleged role in moving illicit funds.
• CBI gathered evidence showing their active conspiracy with cyber criminals, receiving quid pro quo, and advising fraudsters to avoid detection.
• Mule accounts, often set up with falsified IDs, are used as conduits to siphon off funds from unsuspecting victims.
• This is part of a wider CBI probe that previously led to 13 arrests, 61 searches, and chargesheets under IPC/BNS and Prevention of Corruption Act.

Why It Matters: CBI busts bank officials' nexus with cyber criminals in mule account scam.