Facilitating digital crime

A few days ago, there was a news story about a gang of bank fraudsters being arrested by the Delhi Police. The gang, which included three HDFC Bank employees, had been trying an elaborate scheme to take over a bank account of an NRI, which was described as 'very high value' in the news. They had managed to get cheque books for the account and were even able to obtain a phone number that was very similar to the NRI's original number and then were trying to change the phone number in the bank's systems. Apparently, some of their actions were flagged by the bank internally, and the police were told. There was an elaborate investigation, and a total of 13 people were arrested. When you read this news, it comes across as a success story. The idea conv