‘Digital arrest’ scam: 2 arrested for duping man of Rs 4.95 lakh

The accused are Ghazipur nonmigratory Rakesh Singh, 26, and Sachin Sangwan (25) from Patparganj. “They person been transferred to constabulary custody successful South West Cyber constabulary station. The duo were being tracked for a agelong clip for integer arrest,” a constabulary serviceman alert of the substance said.

The apprehension was based connected a ailment filed by Saurabh Pillay (45), a Vasant Kunj resident. He allegedly received a telephone connected March 28, 2023, and a man, claiming to beryllium a FedEx agent, said a bundle had been received successful Pillay’s sanction for transportation successful Toronto. “The caller claimed the bundle contained a SIM card, ATM paper and a passport. When the complainant denied sending immoderate specified package, the caller asked him to record a ailment astatine Colaba constabulary presumption and transferred his telephone to different number,” said a constabulary officer.

“The callers connected the different fig allegedly claimed to beryllium Crime Branch officials,” the serviceman added. The ‘Crime Branch officials’ allegedly told Pillay helium was successful occupation and an apprehension warrant had been issued against him.

“Later, the alleged persons connected him to a lawyer who asked him to transportation Rs 2 lakh and Rs 2.95 lakh to a Yes Bank relationship for precedence investigation, enactment connected the apprehension warrant, anticipatory bail, to debar freezing of his slope relationship and assets, and an ‘innocence certificate’,” the serviceman said.

After Pillay transferred the said amount, the lawyer stopped picking up his call. Police said the wealth way showed the slope relationship was of a Mumbai resident. “The wealth was past transferred to different relationship which was recovered to beryllium handled by Rakesh Singh,” an serviceman said.

Sangwan, a BTech graduate, utilized accounts registered successful the names of antithetic companies to determination the scammed amount, constabulary said. “Sangwan utilized to instrumentality the wealth from Rakesh’s relationship successful cash, utilizing a cheque. He past deposited it successful different account, and utilized P2P transactions connected Binance, by converting it to USDT, frankincense breaking the wealth trail,” different serviceman said.