Overview
- In Rajasthan, police arrested 17 people accused of posing as a company chairman on WhatsApp to siphon ₹5.30 crore, then moving the money through layers of bank accounts, cash pickups and cryptocurrency routes tied to hawala networks.
- Kanpur police earlier dismantled a ₹125 crore laundering hub and arrested eight suspects including five bank staff accused of opening mule accounts, diverting cards and tipping off operatives to withdraw cash before freezes, while the alleged kingpin remains at large.
- Jharkhand’s Ramgarh unit tracked a current account opened under MSME Udyam to suspected transactions in 24 states using the Home Ministry’s Samanvaya and Pratibimba portals, then arrested four people and seized devices and IDs tied to account control.
- Border police in East Champaran, Bihar, busted a channel that pushed cyber‑fraud proceeds into Nepal, seizing about ₹69 lakh in cash along with phones and paperwork for Nepali accounts, as separate Bihar and Nagpur cases showed how “digital arrest” scams coerce seniors to transfer savings.
- A Delhi chargesheet details how gangs used NGO and company fronts plus remote‑access apps to take over phones, route ₹14.85 crore through eight accounts and pass control to handlers abroad in China, Cambodia, Taiwan and Dubai, revealing a supply chain for mule accounts traded on messaging apps.