Techie dupes cybercrime victims via fake legal aid firm in Bengaluru
BENGALURU: A 37-year-old software engineer has been arrested by the CCB for creating a fake legal aid service and cheating cybercrime victims. The accused Thufail Ahmed is a resident of Kothanur and a native of Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu.
According to the police, a victim from Ramamurthy Nagar had lost Rs 1.5 crore in a cyber fraud in February. While searching online for legal aid services, the victim was contacted by Ahmed, who posed as a representative of ‘Quickmoto Legal Service’ and collected Rs 12.5 lakh from the victim promising to recover the lost money through legal means, but duped her.
