<p>Bengaluru: The Northeast Cyber, Economic, and Narcotics (CEN) crime police have arrested three people involved in a digital arrest scam that defrauded a Bengaluru-based techie of Rs 11 crore.</p>.<p>The suspects have been identified as Dhaval Bhai Shah, 35, a bullion trader from Gujarat, Karan, 24, from Gujarat, and Tarun Natani, 26, from Delhi. According to police, the trio was part of a larger network with handlers operating from Dubai.</p>.<p>The case was registered by the North CEN police on November 11 after the victim, Vijay Kumar KS, reported the scam. Kumar, a techie, was allegedly held under digital arrest for over a month, from November 11 to December 12.</p>.Karkala woman falls prey to digital arrest scam, loses Rs 24 lakh.<p>Kumar received a call from someone posing as a representative of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), who claimed that a case had been filed against him in the Mumbai Crime Branch regarding a SIM card linked to his Aadhaar. He was further told that his Aadhaar was used to open a bank account involved in laundering Rs 6 crore for a person named Naresh Goyal.</p>.<p>Under the pretense of investigation, Kumar was “interrogated” over Skype and threatened with a hearing in the Supreme Court. Over a month, he was coerced into transferring Rs 11.83 crore to the scammers in multiple transactions.</p>.<p>The CEN investigators found that part of the crime proceeds were received by an account under Shah’s name. Further investigations led the police to Karan.</p>.<p>It was also discovered that the victim’s KYC details were misused to purchase bullion from Shah, for which he received Rs 7.5 crore from the crime proceeds, the police said.</p>.<p>Karan frequently procured SIM cards from Natani. The police revealed that these SIM cards were sent to Dubai and used in cybercrimes like digital arrest scams.</p>.<p>Authorities suspect that a handler in Dubai coordinated the scam and received the stolen funds through hawala channels, while offering the trio a commission for their involvement.</p>
<p>Bengaluru: The Northeast Cyber, Economic, and Narcotics (CEN) crime police have arrested three people involved in a digital arrest scam that defrauded a Bengaluru-based techie of Rs 11 crore.</p>.<p>The suspects have been identified as Dhaval Bhai Shah, 35, a bullion trader from Gujarat, Karan, 24, from Gujarat, and Tarun Natani, 26, from Delhi. According to police, the trio was part of a larger network with handlers operating from Dubai.</p>.<p>The case was registered by the North CEN police on November 11 after the victim, Vijay Kumar KS, reported the scam. Kumar, a techie, was allegedly held under digital arrest for over a month, from November 11 to December 12.</p>.Karkala woman falls prey to digital arrest scam, loses Rs 24 lakh.<p>Kumar received a call from someone posing as a representative of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), who claimed that a case had been filed against him in the Mumbai Crime Branch regarding a SIM card linked to his Aadhaar. He was further told that his Aadhaar was used to open a bank account involved in laundering Rs 6 crore for a person named Naresh Goyal.</p>.<p>Under the pretense of investigation, Kumar was “interrogated” over Skype and threatened with a hearing in the Supreme Court. Over a month, he was coerced into transferring Rs 11.83 crore to the scammers in multiple transactions.</p>.<p>The CEN investigators found that part of the crime proceeds were received by an account under Shah’s name. Further investigations led the police to Karan.</p>.<p>It was also discovered that the victim’s KYC details were misused to purchase bullion from Shah, for which he received Rs 7.5 crore from the crime proceeds, the police said.</p>.<p>Karan frequently procured SIM cards from Natani. The police revealed that these SIM cards were sent to Dubai and used in cybercrimes like digital arrest scams.</p>.<p>Authorities suspect that a handler in Dubai coordinated the scam and received the stolen funds through hawala channels, while offering the trio a commission for their involvement.</p>
