“After my husband would leave for work, they would keep me on a video call from 9.30 am to 6 pm, asking for all the details about my household. On April 2, they asked me to transfer Rs 8 lakh to certain accounts, on April 15, Rs 20 lakh, and on April 28, Rs 26 lakh,” the woman said.
indianexpress.com
So this started in April when the outgoing call message was going on for months already.
Investigators found that the retired engineer and his wife from BTM Layout in Bengaluru were accused of money laundering and subjected to “digital arrest” by the fraudsters since March.
Gurugram: Three people have been arrested including a registered medical practitioner (RMP) doctor and a property dealer, in connection with a case of digital arrest fraud involving threats of...
The nine convicts have been identified as Md Imtiyaz Ansari, Shahid Ali Shaikh, Shahrukh Rafik Shaikh, Jatin Anup Ladwal, Rohit Singh, Rupesh Yadav, Sahil Singh, Pathan Sumaiya Banu, Pathan Sumaiya Banu, and Faldu Ashoke.
The scam, which targeted a top advertising executive, was at the heart of a series of investigative reports published by The Indian Express last month on how digital scamsters moved crores in minutes across banks and state borders using and reusing “mule” accounts.
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