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K. Umashanker

Anantapur police bust ₹36-crore cyber fraud racket, five people from A.P. and Telangana arrested

The Anantapur police on November 24 (Friday) busted a cyber fraud racket involving transactions of ₹36 crore and arrested five persons hailing from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in this connection.

The five-member gang was allegedly involved in various crimes including luring gullible youth with high commissions for running subscriptions and giving ratings to fake web portals, online gaming, job frauds, OTP and part-time job frauds, Superintendent of Police K.K.N. Anburajan told the media.

The accused have been identified as Mohammed Sammad from Naidupeta and Venkatachalam from Venkatagiri in Tirupati district; Ajay Reddy from Singarayakonda inPrakasam district; Sandhya Rani from Anantapur; and Sandeep from Zaheerabad in Sangareddy district of Telangana.

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