Mumbai: The Vakola police arrested 5 people from Thane and Rajasthan. The five accused were from Jaipur and Thane and were involved in several cyber frauds across India. The accused, identified as Rajkaran Tanwar (19), Karan Segar (19), Mohammad Ansari (27), Miraj Akram (24), and Fujeel Ahmed Ansari (21), were held by the Vakola police following an investigation into a scam that defrauded multiple victims of over ₹30 crore.
The investigation began in January when a 26-year-old from Santacruz (East) lost ₹3.4 lakh in a fake job scam. The police inspector Amar Patil stated, "During the investigation, we checked bank account transactions and found the fraudulent account was based in Rajasthan," as per Hindustan Times report.
The official also added, "We sent a police team there and zeroed in on Tanwar and Segar, who we learnt were tasked with transferring funds from one account to another and then later converting it into cryptocurrency," as per report.
The police traced the fraud's financial transactions to an account in Rajasthan, leading them to Tanwar and Segar, who were responsible for moving funds between accounts and converting them into cryptocurrency. Further interrogation revealed that Mohammad Ansari, a resident of Bhiwandi, managed 70 unauthorised bank accounts to facilitate the fraud.
The group had been involved in several high-profile cyber frauds over the last few months. In total, cases were registered across multiple police stations, with victims losing Rs 7.27 crore, Rs 41 lakh, Rs 14 lakh, Rs 22 lakh, and Rs 48 lakh in various scams.
According to the report, the police suspect that the accused were involved in a larger scheme to defraud people nationwide. The five individuals were brought before the court and placed in police custody until April 28.
