Rs 892 crore ‘scam’: Gujarat Police arrests 10 in Surat in 1,532 cyber fraud cases

The cyber unit officials had been working on some cyber fraud cases registered in Surat and other parts of the state and they figured out a similar pattern in all of them, said sources in the State Cyber Cell unit.

Later, the officials met with the concerned victims and gathered information on the modus operandi involved in the cheating, said sources.

Based on the intel and details gathered, the officials, a few weeks ago, arrested four youths from Surat, said the sources. While probing the youths, the officials got more information about the other accused involved in the cyber fraud cases, following which six more people were arrested from Surat. Sources in the Gujarat Cyber Crime Department said a total of 1,532 cases have been registered in different police stations across the state in the last few years and the siphoned-off amount is over Rs 890 crore.

The official quoted above, without divulging details about the identity of the gang kingpin, said that the prime accused is settled abroad. According to the official, the kingpin had hired multiple people to work for him and used to share a certain percentage of the siphoned-off amount with them.

An officer said that more arrests will follow as several names have cropped up and the accused are absconding. The police refused to share the details of the accused as the probe in the case is ongoing.