India, Oct. 24 -- A work from home offer turned into a trap for job seekers who unknowingly handed over their bank account details, ATM cards and SIM cards to a man who used them to run an online betting racket. Bhiwandi's Bhoiwada police have arrested 10 men from a premises in Goregaon in connection with the case, while the mastermind remains absconding.

The case came to light after Naved Javed Shaikh, a driver from Bhiwandi, approached the Bhoiwada police last week with a cheating complaint. Shaikh told the police that a man identified as Bhagwandas, whom he had met while working at an e-commerce facility in Padgha, had offered him and others work from home jobs with a company called A Lement in Frames Pvt. Ltd.

Under the pretext of a...