Archive · 25 Sep 2025
Pune Cybercrime: CCTV Cameras Used to Monitor Victims
Police busted a cybercrime ring in Pune that cheated over 150 people out of ₹25 crore.
The criminals used fake trading schemes to trick people into investing.
They monitored the people whose bank accounts they used, called 'mules,' using hidden cameras in hotel rooms.
The gang, with links to China, would funnel the stolen money into cryptocurrency to hide it.
Five people were arrested in connection with the scam.
Police dismantled a cybercrime syndicate involved in over 150 online frauds.
CCTV cameras were used to monitor mule account holders in hotel rooms.
The gang is suspected of cheating over 150 people out of over ₹25 crore.
The investigation revealed links between the suspects and Chinese operatives.
The funds were funneled through multiple accounts and converted to cryptocurrency.
- Who
- Cybercrime gang with links to Chinese operatives.
- What
- Cybercrime syndicate busted; mule account holders monitored via CCTV in hotels.
- When
- Arrests made in September, following earlier fraud.
- Where
- Pune, specifically hotels in Kondhwa.
- Why
- To defraud people through share trading scams, using mule accounts to transfer funds.
- Suspects Arrested
- Yasir Abdul Majid Shaikh, Mohammed Sultan Zeheruddin, Maz Afsar Mirza, Hussain Tahir Sohail Shaikh, Baburao Shivakiran Meru
- Victims
- Over 150 individuals
- Total Amount Cheated
- Over ₹25 crore
- Fraud Method
- Share trading scam, using mule accounts.
- Mule Accounts
- Hotel rooms were used to confine and monitor account holders.
- Surveillance Tools
- Portable CCTV cameras with cloud data links
Sources
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