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Crime
Tonk Police Bust Cyber Fraud Ring Using 399 Fake SIMs, Rs 2 Crore Scam
✍️ Amar Ujala · Rajasthan
🗓 29 Aug 2026, 08:36 PM
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Police in Tonk, Rajasthan, arrested 11 members of a cyber fraud network that used 399 counterfeit SIM cards, bank accounts and social media profiles to swindle around Rs 2 crore.
Tonk police launched a coordinated operation that uncovered a sophisticated cyber‑fraud syndicate operating through a web of fake mobile SIM cards, multiple bank accounts and fabricated social‑media identities. Investigators traced 399 counterfeit SIMs linked to 81 complaints filed by victims across the state.
The gang allegedly siphoned approximately Rs 2 crore by luring victims into fraudulent investment schemes and online transactions, using the bogus SIMs to mask their identities. Over the course of the raid, law‑enforcement officials seized the SIM inventory, related bank documents and electronic devices.
A total of 11 suspects were taken into custody, including the alleged mastermind who coordinated the SIM procurement and the distribution of fraudulent online profiles. The accused are currently being interrogated, and further legal action is expected as the case proceeds through the courts.
Authorities have urged the public to verify the authenticity of unsolicited calls or messages requesting financial details and to report any suspicious activity to the cyber crime cell.
The gang allegedly siphoned approximately Rs 2 crore by luring victims into fraudulent investment schemes and online transactions, using the bogus SIMs to mask their identities. Over the course of the raid, law‑enforcement officials seized the SIM inventory, related bank documents and electronic devices.
A total of 11 suspects were taken into custody, including the alleged mastermind who coordinated the SIM procurement and the distribution of fraudulent online profiles. The accused are currently being interrogated, and further legal action is expected as the case proceeds through the courts.
Authorities have urged the public to verify the authenticity of unsolicited calls or messages requesting financial details and to report any suspicious activity to the cyber crime cell.