India, April 28 -- The Vakola police on Saturday arrested five people from Rajasthan and Thane who were found to be involved in several cyber fraud cases across the country.

The arrested accused were identified as Rajkaran Tanwar, 19, Karan Segar, 19, Mohammad Ansari. 27, Miraj Akram, 24, and Fujeel Ahmed Ansari, 21. Tanwar and Segar are residents of Jaipur, Rajasthan, while the rest are residents of Bhiwandi in Thane.

The latest case that led to their arrests was registered in January after a 26-year-old resident of Santacruz (East) lost Rs.3.4 lakh in a task-based fake job scam. "During investigation, we checked bank account transactions and found the fraud's account was based in Rajasthan. We sent a police team there and zeroed in on...