Cybercrimes are growing in the current times and a lot of people are falling for fraudsters. In what we call a one of its kind incident, fraudsters posing as TRAI and CBI officials looted a family in Hyderabad for 5.5 Crs by placing them under ‘Digital Arrest.’
Going more into the details, Bharati Bai Agarwal who resides in Basheerbagh received a call from Rahul Kumar, claiming from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). He alleged that her number was linked to several money laundering and drug cases. Later, two more people identified as Saurav Sharma and Ajay Gupta spoke to her, pretending to be CBI officers.
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The fraudsters directed Bharati and her daughters to connect with them via Skype. They called it a digital arrest and had them on their surveillance all the time. They also displayed staged footage of individuals in handcuffs and showed forged documents bearing to intimidate them. The victim’s daughters were permitted to leave the house only for their exams.
Under the pretext of verifying financial transactions, the fraudsters gathered the bank details of the woman and transferred Rs 5.5 crore in multiple transactions. However, on December 8th, when Bharati visited the CBI office at Sultan Bazar to reclaim the money, she realised of the scam.
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Immediately, the family promptly filed a complaint with the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) and an FIR has been registered under Sections 66D of the IT Act, 2008, along with provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and banking regulations.
