In a shocking case of digital arrest, a 26-year-old woman in Mumbai was forced to strip and duped of Rs 1.7 lakh by scamsters who said her name had cropped up in a money laundering probe, police have

Kakkanad (Kochi): Kochi cyber police arrested two youth from Malappuram’s Areekode for defrauding a woman of Rs 4.12 crore. The accused, Muhammad Muhasil (22) and KP Mishab (21), convinced the victim, a resident of Vazhakala in Kakkanad, that they were Delhi police officers and executed the fraud.

Mumbai: A woman in the Maharashtra capital was victim of digital arrest by cyber fraudsters and lost Rs 1.7 lakh after threat of digital arrest. Not only this, the woman was also made to strip in front of the criminals as part of ‘body verification’.

A scamster posing as Delhi police official duped Mumbai based woman of ₹1.8 lakh after making her believe that she was under 'digital arrest' in connection with a money laundering case.

A 51-year-old music therapist in Navi Mumbai was defrauded of Rs 32 lakh by cyber criminals posing as Enforcement Directorate officials. The scammers claimed her Aadhar and SIM cards were used for illegal activities and coerced her into transferring funds under threat of 'digital arrest'.

During the video call, she was asked to strip her clothes for ‘body verification’ and transfer Rs 1,78,000 ($2105) for the verification of her bank details. The woman obliged the scammers and transferred the amount,

Mumbai woman coerced into stripping during scam involving fake money laundering case, leading to financial and sexual exploitation.

The woman is said to be the resident of Borivali East area of Mumbai and works in the pharmaceutical industry.

The scammers told her that her name had emerged during their investigation into a money laundering case connected to Naresh Goyal.

A woman employed at a pharma company was coerced by cyber fraudsters posing as Delhi Police officers. They claimed she was involved in a money laundering probe, and forced her to strip during a video call for supposed 'body verification'.