Rs 1.12-cr digital arrest scam: IIT Delhi graduate, bank manager among 6 held
Rs 1.12-cr digital arrest scam: IIT Delhi graduate, bank manager among 6 held The fraud took place between July 30 and August 12.
Rs 1.12-cr digital arrest scam: IIT Delhi graduate, bank manager among 6 held The fraud took place between July 30 and August 12.
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Police remarked Desai travelled to Delhi and Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh with associates to collect the capital.
Meanwhile, a web developer who graduated from IIT Delhi and a private bank operations manager are among six individuals arrested by the Mumbai Cyber police for allegedly cheating a 68-year-old Dahisar resident of Rs 1.12 crore in a 'digital arrest' scam.
Police remarked the accused impersonated office-holders of the Telecom Department, police and other agencies and threatened the victim with arrest in a fake Rs 238-crore money-laundering case. They allegedly indicated him a fake Supreme Court notice and kept him under "digital arrest" through WhatsApp video calls before forcing him to transfer the capital, noted DCP (Cyber) Bajrang Bansode.
In practice, the accused have been identified as Gaurav Mahesh Goyal (40), an IIT Delhi graduate and web developer; Shikhar Mukesh Tyagi (28), a private bank operations manager; Rajesh Kumar Mohanlal Jain (54); Mohammad Tariq Anwar Momin (49); Ajay Kumar Kaliprasad Sharma (35); and Chintankumar Sureshbhai Desai (46).
For now, rs 1.12-cr digital arrest scam: IIT Delhi graduate, bank manager among 6 remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.
