Ahmedabad: The CID (Crime) Cyber Excellence Centre has arrested six more individuals for allegedly supplying at least 270 mule bank accounts to a Dubai-based cybercrime syndicate, enabling it to channel proceeds of nationwide cyber frauds.

Officials said the group and its associates were linked to 1,549 cybercrime cases reported across India in the past year, with nearly ₹804 crore routed through these accounts.

The accused, Kamlesh Sen, Sagar Sen, Sazeb Kherani, Sohil Vadhwania, Amin Bhayani from Surat, and Rahul Agrawal from Devgadh Baria were arrested following the detention of 10 others in November in a similar case.

According to CID Crime, the gang opened bank accounts in the names of individuals who were either paid small commissions or unaware of the misuse. The bank kits and SIM cards were then shipped abroad, allowing fraudsters to operate the accounts remotely. These mule accounts received funds from “digital arrest” scams, fake investment platforms, loan frauds, and job rackets.

As for the modus operandi, one team recruited account holders, another couriered bank kits and SIM cards overseas, and a third monitored transactions and ensured immediate withdrawal or layering of funds. Investigators found that Kherani, Vadhwania, and Bhayani used their scrap transport business as a front to move cash. Raids in Surat showed the network procured over 300 SIM cards and opened 270 accounts for their Dubai handler.

Kamlesh and Sagar Sen earned about ₹1,000 per SIM card and ₹50,000 per bank kit, while Agrawal acted as a “payment processor,” taking a 1% commission on each transaction. DeshGujarat