Three arrested in Rs 1 crore digital fraud, money laundered through cryptocurrency

Bidhannagar police on Tuesday arrested three individuals in Kolkata for their involvement in a digital fraud that defrauded one Dr. Utpal Kumar Bit of Rs 1 crore. The accused posed as Mumbai police officers and threatened the victim with a money laundering case, swindling the sum through three separate transactions.

The victim had filed the fraud case at Survey Park police station on November 9, 2024. Three suspects—Suraj Kumar Singh, Arman Akhtar Khan, and Md Jahinuddin— were arrested in connection with the crime.