India, June 28 -- A gang of cyber fraudsters took a 27-year-old chips seller on a six-day all-expenses-paid trip to Chandigarh, gave him Rs.50,000 in cash, and used his bank account as a mule to route Rs.1.93 crore siphoned from victims across multiple cities, including Gurugram, police said on Friday.

The seller, identified as Sumit Kumar from Narnaul, was arrested on Tuesday during the investigation of an investment fraud case lodged by a Gurugram-based telecom engineer.

Police said Sumit's bank account was used to launder funds between May 28 and June 3, during which time the fraudsters kept him entertained at a Chandigarh hotel.

The suspect had made Sumit stay at Hotel Greenland in Sector-125, Chandigarh, which has a room rent of u...