Mumbai, June 11 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), in coordination with the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), and the Indian Embassy in Thailand, has secured the deportation of wanted fugitive Ganesh Balaso Kale from Thailand to India in connection with a cyber fraud case, officials said on Thursday.

According to the CBI, Kale was wanted in a cybercrime fraud case in which victims were allegedly lured through offers of online part-time jobs and persuaded to make monetary deposits as investments before being defrauded.

Investigators said the accused operated a network of cyber financial criminals and used various unsuspecting individuals to facilitate the movement of illicit funds. He alle...