Overview

• A 30-year-old businessman was detained after authorities traced Rs 1 crore of the defrauded funds to his Surat bank account
• Gujarat CID Crime’s cyber cell deployed a four-team unit on July 16 to trace bank accounts, phone records, on-site leads and social media evidence
• Fraudsters posing as police and telecom officials coerced the senior doctor into virtual custody and siphoned her lifetime savings and gold-backed loans
• Investigators are analysing digital trails and mule accounts to follow dispersed funds, with most of the Rs 19 crore still unrecovered
• Officials say the operation was run by Cambodian call centres with Indian collaborators and further arrests are underway to dismantle the network