MBBS student held for transferring Rs 8 lakh to Chinese gang after crypto conversion

Police have arrested a 23-year-old MBBS student in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore for sending around Rs 8 lakh of cyber fraud money to a gang of Chinese youths by converting it into cryptocurrency, an official said on Wednesday.

Talking to reporters, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Rajesh Kumar Tripathi said the accused, identified as Vikram Vishnoi (23), was arrested based on the clues found in the case of cheating a city-based software engineer of Rs 1.35 lakh by placing him under “digital arrest”.