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AP woman loses Rs 1.43 crore in ‘digital arrest’ scam by fake Delhi Police officials
['Telangana Today']
Telangana Today
AP woman loses Rs 1.43 crore in ‘digital arrest’ scam by fake Delhi Police officialsA woman in Andhra Pradesh’s Krishna district allegedly lost Rs 1.43 crore in a digital arrest scam after fraudsters posing as Delhi Police officials accused her of money laundering.
District Superintendent of Police (SP) Vidya Sagar Naidu told PTI that a case has been registered based on a complaint from the woman.
The case was registered around two days ago under the relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), the Information Technology Act and other applicable laws.
The callers claimed a person named Goyal had been arrested in a money laundering case and that the bank account in her name had surfaced during the investigation.
They allegedly threatened that all her properties would be seized unless she transferred another Rs 95 lakh.