Man swindles Rs 1 crore from senior citizen in Chennai, lands in net

CHENNAI: The Cyber Crime Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) arrested IAM Azarudeen (40) of Ramasamy Street, Mannady, on Tuesday for swindling a Nolambur resident of Rs 1 crore through digital arrest.

The police said that the victim M Sathiyamoorthy (60) was contacted on November 27, 2025, by fraudsters posing as anti-terrorism squad (ATS) and NIA officials. They accused him of leaking sensitive information and threatened him with arrest. He was instructed to download the Signal app and transfer money from his fixed deposit accounts for “verification.”