Delhi Crime Branch has busted Digital Arrest Cyber Fraud and arrested 3 people. The accused duped an 82-year-old man of Rs 1.16 crore by showing him a fake warrant. This amount was sent to the account of an NGO in Himachal.
New Delhi: Cyber Cell of Delhi Crime Branch has arrested 3 accused in a big digital arrest cyber fraud case. In this case, an 82-year-old man was intimidated and forced to transfer Rs 1,16,00,000 under false pretenses of legal action. The accused posed as law enforcement officials and showed a fake arrest warrant over WhatsApp video call. This created a lot of psychological pressure on the victim. A large part of the defrauded amount (1.10 crore) was deposited in the account of an NGO based in Himachal Pradesh.
This account was being operated from Patna. A total of 32 complaints have been filed against this account on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP), involving an amount of approximately Rs 24 crore. Raids were conducted at many places in Himachal Pradesh and Bihar, after which 3 accused were arrested in this case. The accused impersonated law enforcement agencies and kept the victim under digital arrest. The victim was mentally intimidated and threatened with legal consequences. The defrauded money was sent through NGO and private bank accounts. Internet banking credentials and OTPs were misused for fund transfer and laundering. The proceeds of crime were distributed among the co-accused in the form of commission. Further investigation into the matter is ongoing.
Meanwhile, in a similar case, a woman in Indore was duped of Rs 29.7 lakh by fraudsters in a digital arrest scam. On Friday, Crime Branch Additional DCP Rajesh Dandotia said, “Fraudsters duped a woman by saying that money of a terrorist organization of Jammu and Kashmir was laundered in her account. They duped her of Rs 29,70,000. The elderly woman had recently returned to India after meeting her children in the US. A case of fraud has been registered and investigation is currently underway.”