By: Express News ServiceMumbai | November 7, 2025 12:03 AM IST 2 min readDuring the technical investigation of the laptops and mobiles of the arrested accused, it has been found that they have used 886 accounts of various banks for online banned gaming websites/applications like .www.Ramesh247.com, www.upi9.Pro.com and www.Reddybook.blue for online cyber fraud.THE NAVI Mumbai police has arrested a gang of 12 people who were allegedly involved in cyber crime linked to a banned gaming app and collecting bank accounts for cyber fraudsters across the country.While the initial arrest was made from Navi Mumbai, the other accused were arrested from Thane and Pune. The accused were found linked to cases that collectively defrauded people of Rs 84 crores.An official said they arrested the first accused from Navi Mumbai identified as Imran Shaikh (22), who would lure people in Navi Mumbai with money if they provided their bank account for a “government approved online gaming” app. An official said that the accused would make citizens open a bank account and took away the passbook, ATM and other documents from the banking kit to a place in Dombivali through an app.Based on this information, a police team raided the Dombivali place and discovered that five persons were involved in carrying out cyber fraud through prohibited gaming platforms. The police then arrested the five persons involved on October 14.After further investigation of the arrested accused, it was found that other accused who were involved in online cyber fraud and prohibited online gaming were at Pune. Following this, a raid was carried out there and six accused along with the materials for online fraud were arrested on October 16, the police revealed on Thursday.During the technical investigation of the laptops and mobiles of the arrested accused, it has been found that they have used 886 accounts of various banks for online banned gaming websites/applications like .www.Ramesh247.com, http://www.upi9.Pro.com and http://www.Reddybook.blue for online cyber fraud.An official added that the names of the accused had cropped up in 393 complaints filed on the national cyber crime reporting portal across the country, for carrying out crimes like share marketing ford, job racketeering, work from home fraud, etc in which nearly Rs 84 crores belonging to people was fraudulently obtained.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Mumbai