Mumbai crime branch arrests 12 international gang members in ₹500 crore cyber fraud case
Mumbai police arrested 12 individuals linked to an international cyber fraud syndicate operating from a villa in Goa. The group allegedly processed ₹500 crore through digital arrest scams and online gaming fraud.
Why it matters
The scale of this operation underscores the growing threat of organized cybercrime syndicates targeting Indian citizens through sophisticated financial fraud.
The Mumbai police on Thursday (August 6, 2026) arrested 12 men in connection with a cybercrime operation that allegedly processed transactions of ₹500 crore in the past 6-8 months from Goa, with links to an international syndicate operating from Dubai.
The Mumbai police crime branch said that it has found that the bank accounts were allegedly being opened in Mumbai, and the related banking material was physically being sent to Goa by bus, allegedly using these accounts to process deposits, withdrawals and various account-to-account transfers. The accused were operating out of a rented two-storey villa in Goa, ‘Case De Nikole Villa’, near Calangute beach, the police said.
According to Raj Tilak Roshan, DCP Detection, the men, between the ages of 20 and 25, were mostly recruited from Ahmedabad or Rajkot in Gujarat. They were given 10 to 15 days of training before being placed in the villa.
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