Overview
- Late June raids by police in Odisha, Delhi, Gujarat, Mumbai and Jharkhand led to dozens of arrests, seizure of phones and documents, and banks freezing parts of stolen sums in several cases.
- Bhubaneswar police arrested three Assam‑based suspects for a fake pension link that cost a 64‑year‑old victim ₹8.5 lakh and traced connections to a wanted Jamtara operator named Kalim Ansari.
- Delhi Police detained 10 people accused of using APK malware, remote‑access tools and impersonation to steal about ₹26 lakh and said their probe exposed an organised network sharing SIMs, mule accounts and devices.
- Gujarat’s 'Operation Mule Hunt 2.0' arrested five in a ₹2.30 crore RoboForex forex‑scam and identified a mule account tied to 31 complaints worth roughly ₹15.31 crore, with investigators saying funds were routed through Nepal.
- Police warn senior citizens and corporate staff to avoid unknown links and verify requests, and they say continued work will focus on tracing kingpins, mapping mule‑account suppliers and recovering laundered money.