Digital arrest: Retired RBI employee duped of Rs 49 lakh in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: An 80-year-old retired Reserve Bank of India (RBI) employee lost Rs 49 lakh in a digital arrest fraud after fraudsters posed as officers of the Mumbai crime police.

According to his complaint, on August 6, he received a call where the caller claimed that an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) case had been filed against him in the Mumbai High Court and that an arrest warrant had been issued. He was then connected to individuals identifying themselves as Inspector Sandeep Rao from the Mumbai Cyber Crime Department and Inspector Officer Vijay Khanna, IPS.