The Central Crime Branch officials unearthed a ‘work from home’ scam and arrested 11 people operating from Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Mumbai.
The police claimed that 30 bank accounts, that have been frozen, have been flagged in relation to 2,143 cases across 28 States, including 265 in Karnataka, on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP). Transactions worth ₹158 crore were carried out in these accounts.
The city police recovered ₹62.8 lakh, apart from 11 mobile phones and 15 SIM cards from the accused. The accounts were linked to 135 cases across 14 police stations in Bengaluru city. The police have arrested four persons from the city, who were involved in opening the bank accounts.
