The Visakhapatnam cybercrime police arrested three persons for operating mule bank accounts for an international cyber fraud syndicate based in Dubai. The accused, identified as Syed Ali Abbas Hussain Jaffri, Shaik Yousuf, and Zakir Hussain from Hyderabad, orchestrated financial transactions via mule accounts under instructions from overseas masterminds named Shaibaz and Suleman. Another victim lost ₹91,500 through the same modus operandi. Technical analysis, bank transaction tracking, and field investigations revealed that the funds move from layer-1 to layer-2 bank accounts. The investigation exposed that the trio procured bank accounts from family members, friends, and acquaintances in exchange for high commissions, transferring the swindled funds through cash withdrawals, UPI, demand drafts, and hawala channels.