Police have arrested a cheating case accused, who was on the run for nine years and living with a changed name in Maharashtra`s Palghar district, officials said on Sunday, reported news agency PTI.

The case pertains to a fraud committed by six persons between December 2012 and June 2016 who connived with the manager of a co-operative bank in Thane district and mortgaged fake gold jewellery to avail a lone Rs 75,37,085, reported PTI.

The Bhayander police in Thane had registered a case against six persons under relevant provisions and the probe was taken over by the Economic Offences Wing.