Bengaluru, Dec. 21 -- The Davanegere police on Saturday said three men were arrested on December 10 as a result of a probe into a complaint by a builder that uncovered one of the largest cybercrime rackets in Karnataka.

The accused in police custody include the original complainant Pramod Kumar, Arfath Pasha from Belur in Hassan district and Sanjay Kund from Ahmedabad in Gujarat, said police, adding that a total of Rs.18 crore was frozen in Pasha's account as criminal proceeds.

Police added that in the course of the probe, evidence suggesting collusion across state borders.

"As the investigation progressed, we realised that the scale of the fraud was far bigger than what was initially suspected. The total scale of illegal transactions ...