Surat: Cybercrime police have arrested five persons for a scheme built around thousands of fake cash-on-delivery orders and a refund policy loophole that allegedly enabled a group to siphon off Rs 42.20 lakh from Flipkart India Pvt Ltd.Deputy commissioner of police (Cybercrime) Bishakha Jain said, “According to the complaint, the accused had made 5,121 orders between Dec 2025 and March 2026. They had created a Flipkart seller account called M/s Sukhvilash Creations.They conspired to cancel the orders before they could be delivered. The seller would get payment from Flipkart within three days, while it generally took seven days to complete the delivery process. Once the orders were cancelled, the accused would not return the payment to Flipkart by misusing the Seller Protection Fund (SPF Policy).”According to police, the accused created 5,121 suspicious cash-on-delivery orders and exploited a gap in the company’s refund mechanism. Investigators said they used the services of a Telegram user to generate the fraudulent orders.Police arrested Ashav Lungariya, 28, believed to be the mastermind of the scam. Investigators said he registered the firm using another person’s name and mobile number. He allegedly contacted a Telegram user and paid Rs 120 for each fake order generated.Apart from Lungariya, police have arrested Rakshit Radadiya (26), Bhautik Thummar (27), Akash Vora (26) and Rohan Vora (23) for being part of the operation.
