Cybercrime team busts inter-state digital arrest scam, 82-year-old victim loses Rs 1.38 crore

HYDERABAD: The Cyberabad Cybercrime team has busted an inter-state ‘digital arrest scam’ in Hyderabad, where an 82-year-old retired engineer was made to part with Rs 1.38 crore.

According to the victim’s complaint lodged in September 2024, the elderly man received a call from a fraudster posing as an SBI representative.

The caller told him that an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) case had been filed against him. The victim was then connected to a fake Mumbai Cyber Crime officer via WhatsApp.