Task fraud: College dropouts from Gujarat make Rs 60 crore in 3 months

Two college dropouts from Gujarat, Rupesh Pravikumar Thakkar and Pankajbhai Govardhan Oad, have been arrested for cheating people through an online scam. They amassed Rs 60 crore in just three months. The police froze Rs 1.1 crore in a bank account maintained by them. They found 32 bank accounts with transactions of Rs 60 crore and more. The scam was uncovered while investigating a case of online fraud. The kingpin, Alex, is believed to be operating from London.