Surat: A gang of cybercriminals has been been booked under the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime Act (GuJCTOC) for allegedly facilitating transactions worth Rs 197 crore — proceeds of cyber fraud — through 1,029 bank accounts linked to 214 FIRs registered across the country.The gang of Milan Darji and 10 others allegedly layered, laundered and transferred the proceeds of cyberfraud perpetrated across the globe by Chinese gangs. Darji operated the 46-member gang from Dubai. Eleven of them have been arrested by Surat police so far. Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Bhavesh Roziya told TOI: "This is probably the first case of a cybercrime gang in which GujCTOC has been invoked. From the scale of the crime and the large number of offenders involved, it was necessary to use this law which targets organized crime.

GujCTOC makes it difficult for cybercriminals to get out of jail easily and perpetrate more cybercrimes." Sweta Daniels, assistant commissioner of police (ACP crime), told TOI: "We registered an offence of cyberfraud in Oct, where Milan Darji was the prime accused and was running the racket from Dubai. We found 46 gang members were involved in the racket. There were 1,029 bank accounts involved and transactions worth Rs 197 crore were made.

The NCCRP portal showed 1,867 complaints and 214 cyberfraud FIRs where these 1,029 bank accounts were listed.

Over the past few months, we arrested 11 of the 46 gang members and booked them under GujCTOC."Those arrested and booked under GujCTOC are Ajay Italiya, Jalpesh Nadiyadara, Vishal Thummar, Hiren Barwaliya, Brijesh Italiya, Ketan Vekariya, Nanjibhai Baraiya, Heet Jasani, Chandres Kakadiya, Dashrath Dhandhaliya and Anil Kheni.The gang leader, Milan Darji, is absconding along with 35 others who are accused in various FIRs. The gang would withdraw cash from Indian banks that have branches in Dubai and convert it into the cryptocurrency USDT to transfer to Chinese gangs.