Archive · 29 Aug 2026
ED Arrests Mumbai CA, Two Others in Goa Digital-Fraud Case
The Enforcement Directorate is investigating a scam called a digital arrest.
In this type of scam, criminals pretend that someone is under investigation and pressure them to send money.
A Goa resident was allegedly forced to transfer Rs 2.60 crore.
Investigators say the money moved through hundreds of bank accounts.
They also allege that some companies changed the money into cash and foreign currency.
Three more people, including a chartered accountant, were arrested in Mumbai.
Two other alleged operatives had been arrested earlier.
The court allowed investigators to question the three latest accused until September 1.
The Enforcement Directorate arrested chartered accountant Bhushan Suryakant Moye and two others in Mumbai on August 27.
The three arrests bring the total number detained in the case to five, after two alleged operatives were arrested on August 23.
Investigators allege a Goa resident was coerced during a video call into transferring Rs 2.60 crore to accounts described as “Secret Supervision Accounts.”
The alleged network reportedly used more than 400 beneficiary accounts linked to 330 complaints and 163 FIRs across over 20 states and Union territories.
The Special PMLA Court in Goa remanded the three accused to Enforcement Directorate custody until September 1.
- Who
- The Enforcement Directorate arrested chartered accountant Bhushan Suryakant Moye, Vilas Narayan Pawar and Shailesh Dagdu Chavan; two alleged operatives had been arrested earlier.
- What
- The arrests concern an alleged cyber-fraud and money-laundering network linked to a “digital arrest” scam.
- When
- The three latest arrests took place on August 27, 2026; the court granted custody until September 1.
- Where
- The arrests were made in Mumbai, and the case was investigated by the Enforcement Directorate’s Panaji Zonal Office and heard by a Special PMLA Court in Goa.
- Why
- The Enforcement Directorate alleges that the accused helped create shell companies, route cyber-fraud proceeds through bank accounts, supply cash and convert funds into foreign currency.
- Latest arrests
- Bhushan Suryakant Moye, Vilas Narayan Pawar and Shailesh Dagdu Chavan were arrested on August 27.
- Total arrested
- Five people have been arrested in the case, including Fahim Moin Hussain Sayed and Naim Mueen Sayyed.
- Reported victim loss
- Rs 417.49 crore across complaints and FIRs associated with the identified accounts.
- Goa victim transfer
- A Goa resident allegedly transferred Rs 2.60 crore after being kept on a video call and told she was under criminal investigation.
- Bank accounts
- More than 400 beneficiary accounts were allegedly used to fragment and route the funds.
- Case records
- The accounts are linked to 330 victim complaints and 163 FIRs across more than 20 states and Union territories.
- Banking transactions
- Entities linked to the network allegedly recorded transactions exceeding Rs 27,850 crore.
