Victim of ‘digital arrest’, man sells flat to pay ₹75L to cyber fraudsters
MUMBAI: A 65-year-old was cheated of ₹75.5 lakh by cyber frauds posing as Delhi police, who claimed that he had been involved in a money laundering case where ₹2.83 crore illicit money was transferred to an account in his name.
The frauds placed the man under a ‘digital arrest’ and coerced him into paying them by breaking his fixed deposits, cashing in money from investments in shares, and even selling a flat in Borivli.
