A 45-year-old chartered accountant has been arrested by the Mumbai cyber cell in connection with the like-and-earn scam. The CA was arrested from Gurgaon in Haryana. According to the cyber cell, he was instrumental in providing bank accounts to the scammers suspected of operating from Dubai.

The accused, identified as Amit Jain, was arrested last week by the BKC cyber police station. According to the cyber cell, Jain has been part of the like and earn syndicate, where victims were given different tasks to complete and, in return, received the money. After some stages, they were asked to make payments to earn money with huge interest, and then they ended up losing lakhs. Jain was arrested in a case where a 35-year-old housemaker lost 14.68 lakh to this scam and complained to the cyber police.