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Surat: Surat cybercrime police have arrested two individuals from Ahmedabad, including a woman who received Rs 25 lakh of the defrauded amount in her bank account, in connection with a Rs 1.5 crore cyber fraud targeting a senior citizen. The victim, a senior citizen from Surat, was duped after receiving a call from someone claiming to be an officer from the Delhi crime branch.
The caller falsely accused him of being involved in a money laundering case, citing suspicious transactions in his bank account. Posing as officials from the CBI and RBI, the fraudsters threatened him with a "digital arrest." Using this scare tactic, they obtained his banking and balance details and convinced him to transfer Rs 1.
5 crore to various accounts, assuring him the money would be returned within 48 hours if he was found innocent. When the money was not returned, the victim filed a complaint with cybercrime police on March 3. The arrested accused have been identified as Kailash Bhanderi (46) and Riddhesh Antala (30).
Bhanderi allowed her bank account to be used by a co-accused, identified as Hussain from Muzaffarabad, Uttar Pradesh, in exchange for a promised commission of Rs 2 lakh. She sent Antala to Muzaffarabad to deliver her bank account kit, which included key documents and sensitive information related to the account holder. He was paid Rs 22,000 as commission for the task.
After Rs 25 lakh was transferred to her account, Hussain withdrew the funds and paid Bhanderi the agreed amount. Investor duped of Rs 60L In another case, a Surat-based investor was cheated of Rs 60 lakh after being promised high returns in the share market. Police arrested Vikram Bhavsar (38) from Ahmedabad for allowing his bank account to be used to receive the fraud amount.
Police are continuing investigations to track the remaining accused and recover the siphoned funds..
