{
  "id": 6796437,
  "title": "Mumbai Crime Branch Busts Cyber Fraud Network Involving ₹350 Crore Transactions, Three Arrested",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/mumbai-crime-branch-busts-cyber-fraud-network-involving-350-crore",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:31:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-crime-branch-busts-cyber-fraud-network-involving-350-crore-transactions-three-arrested"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Mumbai Crime Branch's Unit-5 has arrested three individuals involved in a cyber fraud network linked to transactions amounting to over ₹350 crore. The accused, Islamuddin Salimuddin Shaikh, Yasir Nasiruddin Shaikh, and Abdul Razzaq Abdul Rauf, were produced before the Esplanade court and remanded to police custody till September 19. The investigation revealed that the accused used multiple bank accounts and SIM cards to carry out various forms of cybercrime, including OTP fraud, digital arrest scams, job-related fraud, and investment fraud. The Crime Branch seized numerous documents and electronic devices from the accused, and their investigation is ongoing to determine if the network has connections to other states or countries.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Mumbai Crime: DRI Busts Airport Gold Smuggling Syndicate; 3.47 Kg Gold Worth ₹5.47 Crore Seized, 5 Arrested",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/mumbai-crime-dri-busts-airport-gold-smuggling-syndicate-3-47-kg-gold",
        "published": "2026-09-11T17:58:01.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}