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₹1,000 Crore Cyber Crime Racket: CBI Chargesheets Four Chinese, 111 Shell Companies Unmasked

The network used 111 shell companies and mule accounts to launder Rs 1,000 crore via fake loans, investments, and gaming scams, Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre said.

  • On Sunday, the Central Bureau of Investigation filed a chargesheet against 17 people, including four Chinese nationals, and 58 companies, alleging a transnational cyber-fraud siphoned over Rs 1,000 crore.
  • After I4C alerted authorities, investigators found large-scale cheating via online investment and employment schemes, with CBI analysts revealing common patterns across shell-entity complaints.
  • CBI investigators found the operation used 111 shell companies, mule accounts, Google advertisements, bulk SMS, SIM-box messaging, cloud infrastructure, and fintech/payment gateways, with one bank account receiving over Rs 152 crore and hundreds moving more than Rs 1,000 crore.
  • Following earlier arrests, CBI teams searched 27 locations, seizing digital devices, documents and financial records that forensic examiners are examining.
  • Investigators found operational communication links tying foreign handlers Zou Yi, Huan Liu, Weijian Liu and Guanhua Wang to Indian associates, with a UPI ID active overseas showing continued foreign control, the CBI said.
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₹1,000 crore cyber crime racket: CBI chargesheets four Chinese, 111 shell companies unmasked

The shell companies, the CBI said, were incorporated using dummy directors, forged or misleading documents, fake addresses and false statements of business objectives.

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