The Delhi police have arrested nine members of an inter-State cybercrime syndicate involved in online frauds totalling over ₹5.24 crore routed through compromised bank accounts, an officer said on Saturday.
Police identified the accused as Sultan Salim Shaikh, Sayed Ahmad Choudhary, Satish Kumar, Tushar Maliya, Shivam, Sunil, Parbhu Dayal, Tarun Sharma, and Suresh Kumar Kumawat.
Police received a tip-off on November 26 about a cyber-fraud gang operating from a hotel in Dwarka and using multiple bank accounts for fraudulent activities. Police raided the hotel and arrested four accused from a hotel room, the officer said, adding that the remaining five accused were held from different locations.
A senior officer told The Hindu that the gang would frequently change locations to evade arrest.
“During interrogation, the accused revealed that they were part of a network that procured bank accounts through middlemen and supplied them to cybercrime operators for commission,” said the officer.
The officer said one of the accused, Mr. Shaikh, allegedly opened a current account with a private bank, and that more than 10,400 transactions were carried out between November 21 and 26, totalling ₹5.24 crore, from his account.
The syndicate operated through a layered structure involving account holders, intermediaries and end-users, with proceeds allegedly laundered through hawala channels and cryptocurrency transactions. “It was found that Kumawat acted as a key link between account suppliers and the operators,” the officer said.
Police have also recovered 12 mobile phones, cheque books, debit cards and bank-related documents. A case has been registered, and a probe is under way to identify other associates, including hawala operators and alleged masterminds based abroad, the officer added.
Published – December 14, 2025 12:02 am IST
