The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Chennai arrested four individuals from Pallipattu town in Tiruvallur district for their involvement in cyber fraud. The accused, Tamilarasan Kuppan (29), Prakash (26), Aravindan (23), and Ajith (28), set up shell companies and bank accounts to launder money acquired from cyber fraud activities. Following searches in Tiruvallur related to a suspicious bank account transaction of 2.6 crore, the four men were apprehended. The Bengaluru court for ED cases granted the agency four-day custody of the accused. The individuals were part of a WhatsApp group associated with Chinese scammers and helped launder money obtained through cyber fraud schemes using shell companies. The ED froze an account under the name of Cyberforest Technology Private Limited in Bandhan Bank, which had a deposit of 2.8 crore. This particular case involves the defrauding of a businessman in Jaipur by Chinese fraudsters posing as government agencies, leading to a cybercrime police case in Jaipur and subsequent ED involvement. Prior to this, the ED had arrested four individuals in Bengaluru. The agency has conducted multiple searches and seized evidence such as mobile phones in connection with its investigations based on FIRs from various state police departments nationwide.Electronic devices. An investigation carried out under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 has identified proceeds exceeding 28 crore rupees derived from cyber scams. Following the recent arrest of four individuals from Pallipattu town, Tiruvallur district, for their involvement in cyber fraud, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) disclosed that the accused Tamilarasan Kuppan, Prakash, Aravindan, and Ajith established shell companies and opened bank accounts to launder the illicit gains from various cyber fraud schemes. A search conducted in Tiruvallur led to the apprehension of the four suspects after a suspicious transaction of 2.6 crore rupees through a bank account. The Bengaluru court overseeing ED cases has granted a four-day custody of the accused to the investigative agency. The group collaborated through a WhatsApp group with Chinese scammers to facilitate the laundering of money obtained from cyber fraud by using shell companies. Tamilarasan, in coordination with Ajith, Prakash, and Aravindan, managed a network to aid cyber fraudsters in setting up dummy directors, addresses, and documentation for the shell companies. An account with a 2.8 crore rupee deposit under the name of Cyberforest Technology Private Limited in Bandhan Bank was frozen by the ED. This particular case involves the defrauding of a businessman in Jaipur by Chinese fraudsters impersonating various central government agencies for a sum of 2.6 crore rupees. Following the initiation of the case by the Jaipur cybercrime police, ED intervened based on multiple FIRs filed by state police across the nation and traced the transactions to Tiruvallur. Similarly, in a previous incident, ED arrested Shashi Kumar M, Sachin M, Kiran S K, and Charan Raj in August in Bengaluru.Up to this point, the investigation has carried out 17 searches and confiscated evidence such as mobile phones and other digital devices. The investigation under PMLA, 2002 has revealed proceeds exceeding 28 crore from cyber scams.