Overview
- Delhi Police said a week-long operation from February 21–27 led to 27 arrests across 11 states tied to 10 cases involving over ₹1.5 crore.
- Officers recovered 25 phones, 28 SIM cards, 20 banking cards and account kits, linked the suspects to about 150 NCRP complaints, and flagged ₹13.91 crore in suspicious transactions.
- CBI officials reported a probe into a ‘digital arrest’ network connected to a ₹1.86 crore case, arresting three suspects and conducting searches in six states focused on mule accounts and fraudulent SIM procurement.
- Gurugram Police arrested three men, including an IIT-Jodhpur graduate, for operating 43 mule bank accounts and converting victim funds to USDT for remittance abroad, with leads tied to more than 700 victims.
- State drives continue to target the ecosystem, with Odisha verifying 18,119 mule accounts and arresting 262 people, and Navi Mumbai police arresting six in a racket that used 378 bank accounts.