Gujarat CID Nabs Man With China Links Held For Rs 1,071 Cr Cyber Fraud

The Gujarat CID has arrested a man from Assam allegedly involved in a staggering 1,090 cybercrimes, including 'digital arrest' cases, amounting to Rs 1,071.5 crore across the country and having links with China-based criminals, police said. 

The investigation showed that the accused, Rafiqul Alam (25), was the "mastermind" behind transferring tainted money into 1,758 bank accounts across the country and converting funds into cryptocurrencies, which he sent to China, the police said on Monday.

He was



connected to criminals based in China through WhatsApp and Telegram, two of the biggest and popular global messaging apps, they said. The Crime Investigation Department's (CID) cyber cell arrested the accused in Barpeta, Assam. 

An investigation into a separate case of a senior citizen being 'digitally arrested' based on fake letters from the Maharashtra police and Supreme Court also led to the prevention of 10 such cases across different states through counselling, the Gandhinagar-based Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCE) of the CID said.