Techie falls prey to ‘digital arrest’, loses Rs 6.29 crore to cyber frauds posing as CBI officers

In the largest individual cyber fraud ever registered with Pune City police, a 59-year-old senior IT executive from Pashan lost a staggering Rs 6.29 crore — nearly his entire life savings — to online criminals who posed as CBI officers.

The fraudsters threatened action in connection with a money laundering case, placing him under ‘digital arrest’ at his home and forcing him to remain on video call over several hours on the pretext of ‘surveillance.’