India, April 24 -- A 20-year-old woman's panic over an unexpected Income Tax (I-T) notice has led the Malwani police in Malad to uncover a sprawling cybercrime racket involving fake job promises, identity theft, and fraudulent banking operations. Acting on her complaint, officers seized a staggering 115 bank passbooks, 271 debit and credit cards, 204 SIM cards, and cash amounting to Rs.80,000.

The case unravelled on April 3 when Tamanna Gaus, a resident of Gosalia Compound in Malwani, Malad West, approached the police. She had received a tax demand notice from the Income Tax Department, holding her accountable for unreported cash deposits totalling Rs.5 crore in multiple bank accounts she claimed she never opened.

Alarmed by the high-st...