Overview
- Mumbai’s North Region Cyber Police arrested Kishan Bhaveshbhai Makwana of Gujarat after tracing part of a ₹2.25 crore haul from a 77-year-old Goregaon resident into an account he allegedly supplied.
- Fraudsters posing as police and anti-terror officials sent forged WhatsApp notices bearing the name of former NIA chief Sadanand Date and coerced the victim into transfers between November 18 and December 3, 2025.
- Police say Makwana opened or provided bank accounts to route proceeds from multiple scams for a commission, and a further probe is underway to identify other network members.
- Kerala Police reported 165 arrests, 455 cases, 1,168 raids and 306 device seizures in the statewide Operation Cy-Hunt 2.0 targeting mule-account networks and withdrawal facilitators.
- In a related trend, Kozhikode City police flagged 114 suspected accounts, raided 91 locations, registered 25 cases, arrested two suspects and noted extensive use of mule accounts for cryptocurrency-related diversions.