Rs 25cr cyber fraud network busted in Bareilly; 6 held
Meerut : Police have uncovered an online gaming and cyber fraud network allegedly involved in transactions exceeding Rs 25 crore in Bareilly and arrested six people. Cash worth Rs 4.97 lakh, six gold biscuits weighing 60 grams and 20 smartphones were seized. The accused — Brajesh (27), Harish Singh (25), Sumer (25), Akash (37), Vipul Kumar Singh (21) and Pintu (23) — are residents of Khateli village in Bhuta. Police identified 60 bank accounts linked to the network. Five recorded transactions exceeding Rs 25 crore over three years. Around Rs 10 lakh has been put on hold, while police in other states had earlier frozen some accounts. Police also seized 25 passbooks, 30 chequebooks, 44 debit and credit cards, 18 land documents, Aadhaar and PAN cards, a thumb scanner and a bank MQR machine. An FIR has been registered under relevant sections of the BNS and the Online Gaming Act, 2025.
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SP (South) Anshika Verma said, “The accused used forged Aadhaar and PAN cards, or documents belonging to other people, to open bank accounts and obtain SIM cards. Police said the gang lured people with promises of quick returns, bought digital coins and resold them at higher prices. They used these to operate gaming apps and convert cryptocurrency into rupees. The operation was allegedly run on the instructions of a main handler, who is suspected of having built a network of thousands of youths across the country. Police are searching for the handler and probing the network’s wider links. Download the TOI App.