Overview
- The CBI conducted simultaneous raids at 10 locations across Delhi, Hisar, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune and Nashik.
- Pratik Tanpure of Kalyan was arrested for supplying pre-activated SIM cards and mule bank accounts to cybercriminal networks.
- The fraud scheme involved a sham mobile app and WhatsApp groups promising discounted shares of reputed listed companies.
- Investigators seized extensive digital devices and documentary evidence exposing the syndicate’s sophisticated modus operandi.
- Operation Chakra-V is part of a broader CBI campaign to dismantle cyber-enabled financial crime networks and their supporting infrastructure.