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Fake ‘CBI Director’ drains Pune octogenarian of Rs 3.46 crore life savings in digital arrest scam
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Fake ‘CBI Director’ drains Pune octogenarian of Rs 3.46 crore life savings in digital arrest scam

The Indian Express·Express News Service·22 days ago
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The octogenarian was pressured into making as many as 15 large transfers under threats of arrest and imprisonment.(Representative Photo) Posing as the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) , cyber fraudsters coerced a Pune resident in his late 80s to transfer Rs 3.46 crore of his life savings to mule accounts falsely claimed to be “Reserve Bank of India (RBI) accounts”, after accusing him of “money laundering” in a digital arrest scam. The octogenarian was pressured into making as many as 15 large transfers under threats of arrest and imprisonment. A First Information Report was registered on the complaint of an 87-year-old Pune resident, retired from a senior position at a multinational appliances company. Between February 21 and April 16 this year, the complainant was repeatedly threatened over video calls by cyber fraudsters and continued believing and complying with their demands.…

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