₹51 lakh gone in ‘digital arrest’ scam: How fraudsters targeted retired income tax officer

A retired income tax officer in Mumbai lost ₹51 lakh after fraudsters posing as police officers from Lucknow convinced him that he was involved in a money laundering case, placing him under ‘digital arrest’.

The scammers then told him to transfer his savings as part of the purported investigation, PTI reported. The series of events led to the arrest of a mule account operator, Mumbai police told the news agency on Wednesday.