People associated with cybercrime have invented a new way of cheating. This is called digital arrest. A new case of digital arrest has come to light in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. People associated with cybercrime ‘digitally arrested’ a retired Major General in Noida. Along with digital arrest, they also cheated the retired Major General of Rs 2 crore.
intimidated through online medium
Cyber Crime Police Station of Noida has arrested three accused in this case from Jaipur. In ‘digital arrest’, a person is threatened online that he has been arrested by a government agency. He will have to pay a fine.
Connection with Thailand
According to the cybcybercrimelice, the accused had provided a bank account for fraud by making a digital arrest. The fraud was committed by a gang of cyber criminals based in Thailand.
All three accused have been identified
.On Saturday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Crime) Preeti Yadav said the arrested accused have been identified as Kanaram (30), Lalit Kumar (22,) and Sachin Kumar (30), residents of Jaipur.
Kept under digital arrest for five days
He tsaidthat a retired Major General resident of Sector-31, Noida had lodged a report in the Cyber Crime Police Station on August 28 that he had been cheated of Rs 2 crore. According to the victim, he was kept under digital arrest for five days. Before the fraud, the person who called him had introduced himself as an employee of a courier company.
The false promise of seizure of passport, credit card, and drugs
He was told that a parcel was being sent to Taiwan using his Aadhaar card containing five passports, four bank credit cards, clothes, 200 grams of drug,s and a laptop, among other illegal items.
Aadhaar tampering done
According to the complaint, the victim was told that if he felt that his Aadhaar card had been tampered with, he would have to report it to the Mumbai Crime Branch. After this, an alleged Mumbai Police officer named Ajay Kumar Bansal and the complainant were connected through a WhatsApp call.
A fake letter from CBI was also sent
T.he fraudsters sent a fake letter from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to the victim, stating that if he wanted to avoid going to jail, he would have to not share any information related to the interrogation with his family members.
Police are currently interrogating the accused
T.he fraudsters kept an eye on the Major General through the camera. During this time, it was claimed that the Major General could be attacked at any time. It has been alleged in the complaint that after this, the fraudster, posing as a police officer, asked the victim for financial details and asked him to send money to various bank accounts. The policeares interrogating the arrested accused and trying to find out other accused involved.