The Malabar Hill police, investigating multiple cases of electricity fraud, have found that the scam is being orchestrated from the phishing capital of India, Jamtara, a district in the state of Jharkhand. In two different cases, they arrested two accused who are from Jharkhand and have been working in the city on behalf of their handlers operating from Jamtara district. Both the  accused arrested, each from Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, were found purchasing mobile phones by using digital vouchers at a leading retail electronic chain of electronic goods in Chembur. The digital vouchers were purchased by their handlers with fraud money transferred into different payment gateways.

The Malabar Hill police have registered 6 cases of electricity bill fraud in past two months and were able to solve two of the cases after detailed technical analysis. The officials have found both the cases are linked to Jamtara. On Monday, the cops arrested a 27-year-old resident of Jharkhand identified as Suraj Kumar Saw residing in Chembur, in a case where a resident of Malabar Hill lost Rs 1,29,000. The cybercrooks sent a message to the victim saying his electricity supply will be disconnected if the pending bill is not paid and they also attached the number of a fake electricity officer and a fake electricity supplier to it.