Archive · 2 Aug 2026
Pune Police Crackdown on 152 Mule Account Holders
Pune Police are trying to stop people who let criminals use their bank accounts to hide stolen money.
In the past two weeks, they arrested 152 people who were running these accounts.
They also filed 132 criminal cases and sent notices to about 2,100 other people.
The police are working with a national cyber‑crime center that shares information about bad accounts.
They are telling everyone not to give out bank details, ATM cards, or one‑time passwords to anyone.
Pune Police arrested 152 mule account holders in a two‑week operation.
132 criminal cases registered and notices issued to about 2,100 account holders.
Operation Mule Hunt targets bank accounts used to funnel cyber‑crime proceeds.
The crackdown follows intelligence from the Union Home Ministry’s Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre.
Citizens urged not to share bank credentials, ATM cards, or OTPs with anyone.
- Who
- Pune Police
- What
- Crackdown on mule account holders used in cyber fraud
- When
- Last two weeks
- Where
- Pune city, India
- Why
- To dismantle the financial backbone of online scams
- Arrested mule account holders
- 152
- Criminal cases registered
- 132
- Notices issued
- 2,100
- Operation name
- Operation Mule Hunt
- Intelligence source
- Union Home Ministry’s Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre