Overview
- Delhi Police arrested Arpit Mishra (“Professor”), Prabhat Vajpayee (“Amanda”) and Mohammad Abbas Khan (“Denver/Abbas”) after a Delhi government employee reported losing about ₹22 lakh, recovering 14 phones, 20 SIMs and 32 debit cards.
- Officers allege the trio helped dupe hundreds via bogus “Direct Market Account” trading portals and WhatsApp stock-tip groups, then froze balances and pressed victims for additional payments.
- Navi Mumbai Crime Branch detained 12 suspects tied to an ₹84 crore scheme that used the banned Reddy Anna gaming app and 886 bank accounts, with devices and bank kits seized in raids in Dombivli and Pune.
- In Lucknow, a deputy branch manager of IndusInd Bank and two associates were arrested for opening shell-firm accounts to channel cyber-fraud proceeds, with transactions traced at roughly ₹20 crore and links across multiple states.
- Police say two Delhi-case accomplices known as “Berlin” and “Tokyo” remain at large as teams trace funds and seek international cooperation to identify overseas masterminds in China and Cambodia.