In a major crackdown on cyber fraud, the Adugodi police in southeast Bengaluru have arrested 12 individuals—primarily from Uttar Pradesh—for running a well-organized cybercrime operation. Officials revealed the arrests on Wednesday following a probe into a scam that targeted a homemaker.
The accused include two key figures: 25-year-old Harshavardhan Ojha from Balia, UP, a BTech graduate, and 27-year-old Sonu from Navi Mumbai, originally from Prayagraj, UP. While Ojha was unemployed, Sonu worked as a labour contractor in Mumbai.
Their arrested accomplices are Akash Kumar Yadav (23), Gorakhnath Yadav (20), Sanjith Kumar (25, from Bihar), Akash Kumar (19), Amith Yadav (19), Gaurav Pratap Singh (22), Brijesh Singh (20), Raj Mishra (21), Tushar Mishra (22), and Gautam Shailesh (25), mostly hailing from various parts of UP.
The operation began unraveling after a 42-year-old woman from LR Nagar filed a complaint on January 22, 2025. She had been tricked into transferring Rs 5 lakh in a fake work-from-home scheme. The scammers convinced her to make payments to “fix her credit score” before any payment could be released.
Police investigations led them to Sonu, who had opened multiple bank accounts through contract workers, collecting SIM cards, passbooks, and ATM cards to send to co-conspirators in UP. He was paid commissions ranging from Rs 1,500 to Rs 20,000 per account, depending on the bank.
On April 27, all suspects were arrested and brought to Bengaluru after being produced before a court in Uttar Pradesh. They are now in judicial custody as the probe continues.
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