‘Behind Rs 200-crore fraud and laundering to Dubai’, police say as 6 members of ‘cybercrime syndicate’ arrested in Gujarat

According to the police, the group allegedly operated multiple mule bank accounts to store the money and laundered it to Dubai, UAE

The accused have been booked for offences including digital arrests, financial frauds, and job scams. (File photo)

The Gujarat Police on Monday said it arrested six persons from three different districts for their alleged involvement in a cybercrime syndicate that carried out fraud worth Rs 200 crore, across 386 instances.

The accused have been booked for offences including digital arrests, financial frauds, and job scams.

According to the police, the group allegedly operated multiple mule bank accounts to store the money and laundered it to Dubai, UAE. The money was allegedly moved either through Angadia channels or converted to cryptocurrency.

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The Cyber Centre of Excellence arrested Mahendra Shamji Solanki and Rupen Pranjeevan Bhatia of Morbi, Rakesh Kanti Laniya and Rakeshkumar Chaman Dekadiya of Surendranagar, and Vijay Natha Khambhalia and Pankaj Babu Kathiriya of Surat district. Police said they also seized 12 mobile phones and two SIM cards from them.

The six allegedly used around 100 dummy bank accounts to commit the fraud. The extent of the syndicate’s operations was “uncovered” when investigators at the Cyber Centre of Excellence traced the money trail of multiple cybercrime cases, said PI H J Parmar.

During the probe, investigators found that the accused had registered a shop at the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Lakhtar, Surendranagar.

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