3 of cyber gang held for duping elderly couple of ₹4 cr in “digital arrest” fraud

MUMBAI: In yet another case of a “digital arrest” fraud, the cyber police have arrested three men associated with a cyber gang that allegedly cheated an elderly couple of nearly ₹4 crore.

According to the north region cyber police, the accused, Vilas More, Rizwan Khan and Kasim Sheikh, had opened several bank accounts to carry out the fraud. The police said that money from across the country was deposited into the accused’s banks, and the accounts related to the frauds have now been frozen.