An increase in incidents of courier fraud in Mumbai and other metro cities prompted the Mumbai cyber cell to collaborate with authorities in Dubai to nab the masterminds. With the assistance of relevant agencies, two individuals linked with such fraud cases have been deported to India. The cyber cell discovered that these individuals, who are Indian nationals and highly qualified engineers, were orchestrating courier frauds from Dubai. They deceived numerous citizens, converting the fraudulently obtained money into cryptocurrency. One of their accounts, linked to Nasik, has seen transactions amounting to more than Rs 2 crore in the past few months.

According to city police data, between January and October, 61 cases of customs and gift fraud were reported in the city. Of these, 15 cases are being investigated by cyber cell wherein the amount is above Rs 10 lakh.