Shahjahanpur (UP), July 2. £One crore through a devised online court proceedings, the official said.
The Modus Operandi Gang included the belief of the victim, the 60 -year -old Sharad Chanda that he was investigated for the alleged illegal transaction £2.8 Crore, said the officer.
The scammers reportedly contacted him first by telephone 6 May and performed as ED and CBI officers. Then they escalated the scam by the police, according to the police, set out for almost a month and did false virtual hearing through WhatsApp.
Digital arrest is a term used in cyber fraud, where the victim is falsely put that they are under supervision or legal links through digital means. They are often isolated through a continuous video or supervision of fraudsters who act as officials, and have manipulated in the following instructions without warning others – often leading to extortion or fraud.
Shahjahanpur Superintendent of Police Rajesh Dwivedi said PTI that during these “virtual hearing” false lawyers and judges reportedly intimidated Chand and eventually force him to transfer £1.04 crore on 40 bank accounts belonging to nine alleged “advocates”.
The victim associated with the NGO organization did not inform anyone at the time of the “digital arrest”, but the police announced as soon as he realized he was connected.
During the investigation of the police discovered a suspicious transaction £Nine crore on a bank account associated with the case. This account is also under control, Dwivedi said.
The arrests were identified as Sachin, Prashant, Gautam Singh, Sandeep Kumar, Syed Saif, Aryan Sharma and Pawan Yadav – all aged 20 to 28 years.
They were booked according to sections 318 (cheating), 319 (cheating by expropriating), 204 (by issuing a government official) Bharatiya nyaya Sanhit (BNS) and sections 66 (C) and 66 (D) IT act. Everyone was sent to prison, the police added.
UTTAR Pradesh police warned citizens against computer fraud, such as digital arrests, and asked them to report any such experience to their closest police station or on a reserved line of 1530.
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