The Navsari Cybercrime Police have arrested five individuals under ‘Operation Mule Hunt’ for allegedly facilitating cyber fraud transactions totaling Rs 7.36 crore. The group is accused of using eight mule bank accounts to divert money collected through cybercrime across multiple states.
Investigations revealed that the accused were linked to 31 cybercrime complaints registered in different parts of the country.
Acting on intelligence, Cybercrime Inspector U.L. Modi first detained Rahul Kumavat (25) from Jalalpore after detecting suspicious transactions worth Rs 1.80 crore in his IndusInd Bank account. The account was linked to seven cybercrime complaints. Further scrutiny revealed three additional accounts belonging to Kumavat, tied to five more complaints in other states.
Following the registration of the offence, police arrested four others connected to Kumavat: Nimesh Padve, Anand Rudani, Milan Satani, and Sumit Moradiya. Investigators stated that Kumavat handed over accounts to Padve and Rudani, who supplied account kits to Satani, allegedly forwarded to Dubai, while Moradiya helped procure additional accounts.
Detailed scrutiny showed fraudulent transactions of Rs 2.11 crore in Kumavat’s four accounts, linked to 12 complaints. Rudani’s four mule accounts revealed transactions worth Rs 5.25 crore, tied to 19 complaints. In total, the five accused were linked to 31 cyber fraud cases involving Rs 7.36 crore.
Police said further investigation is ongoing to trace additional associates and overseas networks involved in the operation.
