Archive · 1 Jun 2025
Ex-MLA's Wife Booked in Multi-State Cyber Fraud Case
A group of people, including the wife of a former politician, are accused of tricking others into setting up fake companies.
They used the victims' information to create these companies and open bank accounts.
Then, they used these accounts for illegal money transfers.
They are also connected to many other fraud cases across the country.
Police are investigating how much money was stolen and who else was involved.
Hiralba Jadeja and associates are booked in a cyber fraud case.
The accused allegedly used victims' details to create fake companies and open bank accounts.
Fraudulent accounts were used to carry out illegal financial transactions.
Authorities linked 83 cyber fraud complaints to the accused's firms across 18 states.
Police are investigating financial transactions and the total amount stolen.
- Who
- Hiralba Jadeja, Naitik Mavani, Sachin Mehta, and Hitesh Odedra.
- What
- Accused allegedly duped individuals by setting up fictitious firms and conducting illegal financial transactions.
- When
- The case was registered on May 30.
- Where
- Junagadh Range Cyber police station.
- Why
- To commit cyber fraud and embezzle funds using forged documents and false identities.
- Accused
- Hiralba Jadeja (ex-MLA's wife), Naitik Mavani, Sachin Mehta, Hitesh Odedra
- Victims
- Pratap Bharad, Paras Joshi, Bharat Sutreja
- Charges
- Cyber fraud, forgery, misuse of GST credentials
- Fraudulent Accounts
- 22 bank accounts across 8+ financial institutions
- Fraudulent Companies
- Arham Commodity, Vithal Plus Commodity, Bharat Enterprise
- Related Complaints
- 83 cyber fraud complaints linked
- Affected States
- 18 states