GUWAHATI |  The Gujarat CID has arrested a 25-year-old man from Assam who allegedly masterminded a cybercrime network linked to 1,090 cases involving transactions worth around Rs 1,071.5 crore across India, officials said on Tuesday.

The accused, identified as Rafiqul Alam, was arrested by the CID’s cyber cell in Barpeta following a technical investigation into an alleged international cybercrime network.

Investigators alleged that Alam played a key role in routing proceeds from cyber fraud, including so-called “digital arrest” scams, through a network of bank accounts. The funds were allegedly split into smaller transactions to evade financial surveillance before being converted into cryptocurrency and transferred to China, officials said.

According to the Gandhinagar-based Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCE), the investigation traced suspected cybercrime proceeds through 1,754 bank accounts across the country. Police, however, separately put the number of accounts identified during the probe at 1,758.

Investigators also alleged that Alam maintained contact with China-based cybercriminals through messaging platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram. Financial information and details related to the alleged cybercrime operations were reportedly exchanged through these channels.

The CCE said investigators recovered details of 23 cryptocurrency wallets from Alam’s mobile phones. Transactions totalling around Rs 16 crore were allegedly carried out through these wallets. The arrest followed a technical investigation into the movement of funds linked to cyber fraud cases registered in different parts of the country.

The CID is continuing its probe to trace the wider network, identify other individuals allegedly involved and establish the full extent of the financial transactions, officials said.