Uttarakhand: Digital arrest for 48 hours, duped of more than crores by posing as CBI officer

The STF team has arrested the main accused who cheated more than three crores. The accused, posing as Greater Mumbai Police Officer and CBI Officer, digitally arrested the victim for about 48 hours and cheated crores of rupees.

Fraud of more than crores by posing as CBI officer

Giving information, SSP STF Navneet Singh said that a youth resident of Rajpur Road told in the complaint that on May 20, he received a call from Fedex Courier on his mobile. In which it was said that his parcel has been caught by the Narcotics Department at Mumbai Airport. The callers frightened the youth and said that drugs and fake passports have been found in his name. A case of money laundering has been registered against him.

Accused arrested from Bahraich

Seeing the seriousness of the case, the STF team started investigating the matter. The cyber crime team collected data evidence by corresponding with the concerned banks, service provider companies for information about bank accounts, mobile numbers and identified the main accused involved in the incident and started raiding to search for the accused. The accused was constantly changing his hideouts to avoid arrest.

Suspicious transactions worth crores have been made from the said bank account

The police have arrested the accused Manoj (27) from Bahraich. Investigation revealed that 76 complaints have been filed across the country so far against the bank account being used for fraud. Suspicious transactions worth more than six crores have been found in the account.