Overview
- Investigators say the syndicate ran scams through the banned ‘Reddy Anna’ app and sites including Ramesh247.com, upi9.pro.com and Reddybook.blue.
- An initial detention of 22-year-old Imran (Isan) Usmani Minhaj Shaikh near CBD Belapur led to raids that uncovered active operations.
- Raids at a Dombivli flat and a Pune location resulted in 12 arrests and the seizure of 52 phones, seven laptops, 99 debit cards, 64 passbooks and a Tata Safari Storm.
- Police link the group to 393 complaints on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal with alleged losses totaling about ₹84 crore.
- An FIR cites sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the IT Act, the Maharashtra Gambling Act and the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, as the probe continues across states.