Hyderabad, March 11 -- Hyderabad Police's Cyber crime unit has arrested four people for allegedly being involved in an online betting fraud worth atleast Rs 1.5 crore, officials informed on Wednesday.

According to officials, the accused supplied SIM cards in the names of their family members and friends, which were used in online betting and gaming frauds through fake social media advertisements. The accused had allegedly approached a person pretending to be from a betting platform "BETINEXCHANGE".

The accused have been identified as Mohammed Syeed Uddin (26), Mohd Tajuddin (31), Mohd Younis (25), and MD Ayub (24). Police said that Uddin had worked for a call centre in Dubai, and contacted other members to acquire some SIM cards.

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