Berhampur varsity VC loses Rs 14L in digital arrest scam; Know how it works

In a cyber fraud case, Berhampur University Vice-Chancellor Geetanjali Dash lost Rs 14 lakh to a scammer posing as an Enforcement Directorate (ED) official. On February 12, the fraudster placed Dash under a so-called ‘digital arrest’, falsely claiming she was implicated in an ED case involving crores of rupees transferred to a bank account in her name, police said.

A fraudster who claimed she had been ‘digitally arrested’, demanded Rs 14 lakh for her release. She believed them and transferred the money to the account they provided.