Two persons have been arrested here for allegedly cheating a woman by promising her hefty returns if she arranged bribe money for getting released huge funds received from abroad, police said on Saturday.

One of the accused was also involved in allegedly duping nine people in Delhi of Rs 4.5 crore in the same way two years ago, a Crime Branch official said. The accused were identified as Prasad Bholapati (37), resident of Andhra Pradesh, and Vinesh Vishwanathan (39), a resident of Mangalore in Karnataka, he said. A woman approached Ghatkopar unit of the Mumbai Crime Branch earlier this week with a complaint against the duo.