Gujarat CID arrests mastermind in Rs 1,071-crore international cybercrime case

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The Gujarat CID has arrested Rafiqul Alam, a 25-year-old man from Assam, in connection with a massive cybercrime operation involving approximately Rs 1,071.5 crore. Authorities identified Alam as a mastermind linked to an international gang of criminals based in China.

Investigators found that Alam facilitated the movement of illicit funds through a network of 1,758 bank accounts across India. The money, often obtained through ‘digital arrest’ scams and other cyber frauds, was split into small amounts to evade financial surveillance before being converted into cryptocurrency and sent to China.

Police reported that Alam maintained direct contact with Chinese criminals via WhatsApp and Telegram, sharing sensitive information such as scanner details, user IDs, passwords, and crypto wallet details. During the arrest in Barpeta, Assam, investigators recovered technical gadgets and identified 23 cryptocurrency wallets on his mobile devices.

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