101 held in TGCSB’s six-State sweep, ₹17 crore cyber fraud trail uncovered
The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau arrested 101 individuals across six states for their involvement in a massive ₹17 crore cyber fraud network. The operation revealed a complex ecosystem of mule account holders and agents spanning various professional and educational backgrounds.
Why it matters
This highlights the growing sophistication of cybercrime syndicates that exploit ordinary citizens to facilitate large-scale financial fraud.
A two-week crackdown stretching across southern India has led the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) to 101 people, from homemakers and drivers to graduates, businessmen and private employees, whose accounts or roles were linked to cyber fraud networks involving transactions of about ₹17 crore.
The operation, which began on September 23, covered Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Puducherry. More than 100 TGCSB personnel were split into six special teams for the coordinated action. Among those arrested were 18 women.
What emerged from the exercise was the breadth of the ecosystem supporting cyber fraud. Of the 101 arrested, 19 were identified as agents and 81 as mule account holders. Investigators found that bank accounts were being procured through agents and intermediaries and then used to receive, move and withdraw proceeds of fraud through ATM withdrawals, bulk transfers and overseas-linked transactions.
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