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Tamil Nadu arrests 837 in mule account cybercrime drive
Tamil Nadu Police arrested 837 people in a 48-hour operation targeting mule bank accounts used to route cyber fraud proceeds, The Hindu reports. The drive, launched on August 6 by the Cyber…
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Tamil Nadu Police arrested 837 people in a 48-hour operation targeting mule bank accounts used to route cyber fraud proceeds, The Hindu reports. The drive, launched on August 6 by the Cyber Crime Wing, covered all districts and cities. Police linked those arrested to 601 cases and registered 157 new FIRs. The investigation drew on 9,804 complaints involving more than Rs 545 crore in fraudulent transactions. Officers also seized 204 mobile phones and storage devices, cash and bank documents.
National figures placed before the Lok Sabha show the wider scale of the crackdown. India has identified 32.08 lakh suspected mule accounts and stopped transactions worth Rs 25,698 crore, India Today reports. Authorities have also blocked 3,718 apps, 15.75 lakh SIM cards and 5.77 lakh IMEI numbers. The government said its reporting system had helped save more than Rs 11,158 crore by June 30, 2026.
The Indian Opinion
Claims that arrests alone will end online fraud are overstated, while complaints that enforcement does nothing ignore the money already frozen. The harder test is whether victims receive recovered funds quickly and whether mule-account operators face durable prosecution. Tamil Nadu’s 157 new FIRs matter more than a headline arrest count, but courts and investigators must show how many cases lead to convictions and how much money returns to complainants.
Sources (2): thehindu.com, indiatoday.in
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
