Overview
- The Cyber Police Station in Delhi arrested three suspects who police say supplied bank‑account kits, registered SIMs and ATM credentials to fraud groups, with the arrests made on May 19 and reported by Delhi units.
- The probe began after a tea seller in South Patel Nagar lost Rs 90,000 to a caller posing as a Paytm employee who gained access to his phone and transferred funds to a routed account.
- Analysis of seized phones showed WhatsApp chats, contact lists and beneficiary details that link the arrested men to arranging mule accounts and to commission payments for those services.
- Separate coordinated actions by state cyber units between May 20–29 have produced further arrests and seizures — including gold coins bought with a stolen IndusInd credit card, call‑centre phones and dozens of SIMs, cards and passbooks — as police chase cross‑state links.
- Investigations now focus on tracing cheated funds, identifying more co‑accused and securing refunds for victims while police advise never to share OTPs, PINs or device access with callers and to report fraud via the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal or helpline 1930.