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Cyber fraud: key accused arrested, 40,000 SIM cards recovered

A police team investigating a cyber fraud case arrested a man reportedly involved in supplying mobile phone SIM cards to online fraudsters in the country. As many as 40,000 SIM cards of different mobile operators and 180 mobile phones were recovered from him.

Cyber Police Inspector I.C. Chitharanjan and team arrested Abdul Roshan, 46, hailing from Haranhalli in Karnataka, from a rented house at Madikeri. District Police Chief S. Sasidharan said Roshan was the kingpin of a cyber fraud group that cheated a man from Vengara of ₹1.08 crore.

Mr. Sasidharan said the group had cheated the man through a fake online share market. He was reportedly made to deposit cash in different bank accounts after being offered huge profits.

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