Nagpur cops unearth ‘task fraud’, trace money trail to China; six held

The Nagpur cyber police probing “task fraud” has unearthed a transaction involving the transfer of crime money to a Chinese individual through cryptocurrency and arrested six men from Mumbai, Gujarat, and Rajasthan, a senior officer said on Saturday.

Three of the six men arrested by the police hail from Mumbai and suburban Nalasopara and the others from Rajasthan and Surat.

Police seized 19 debit and credit cards, nine mobile phones, a laptop, and cash worth Rs 7.87 lakh. Additionally, police have frozen Rs 37.26 lakh from the bank accounts of the accused individuals, the officer said.