Fraud of Rs 7 crore against a 70-year-old woman has been revealed through 'digital arrest' in Delhi. file photo
Jagran correspondent, New Delhi. Investigation into the case of fraud of Rs 7 crore from a 70-year-old woman through 'digital arrest' has revealed that the stolen money was initially transferred to three main bank accounts located in Bengal, Chhattisgarh and Delhi. These accounts were opened in the name of shell companies and were used to hide and launder illicit funds.
After this the money was systematically divided into about two thousand and then about three and a half thousand fake accounts, complicating the investigation. The largest amount, Rs 4 crore, went to Chhattisgarh's account. The police have so far frozen Rs 2.89 crore in the first layer and have traced the money to the second layer, while it is estimated that the money has passed through six to seven layers.
According to an IFSO official investigating, as soon as the money reached the shell company's account, it was immediately distributed among thousands of mule accounts, making the investigation long and difficult. The largest amount, Rs 4 crore, went to Chhattisgarh's account. The police has managed to keep Rs 2.89 crore out of Rs 7 crore on hold.
The investigation also revealed that to further complicate the investigation, several mule accounts were created in which only two to three thousand rupees were deposited.
Sources said investigators have also identified cash withdrawals from several locations across the country. Money was withdrawn repeatedly in Ludhiana of Punjab and Jodhpur, Ajmer and Sirohi districts of Rajasthan. Police believe that these locations were deliberately chosen to avoid detection of the pattern and to quickly convert digital transactions into cash.
What was the whole matter?
A woman living alone in Greater Kailash-I received a call on January 5, in which the caller, posing as a telecom official, said that a SIM card issued in her name was being used for fraudulent activities. After learning that her husband was dead and her children lived abroad and in Gurgaon, the fraudsters "digitally arrested" her.
Over the next few days, the accused posed as Mumbai Police and ED officials and obtained her financial details. After learning about the fixed deposits worth around Rs seven crore, the woman was threatened with being implicated in a false money laundering case. They were arrested digitally, and three transactions were carried out, leading to the theft of Rs 4 crore and Rs 1.3 crore on January 9, and Rs 1.6 crore on January 12.
Meanwhile, the police are yet to solve the case of Rs 14.85 crore transferred from the account of a 77-year-old NRI woman doctor living in Greater Kailash-II to different accounts. The IFSO wing of Delhi Police is investigating the matter and examining the bank accounts to which the money was transferred.
The fraudsters had transferred Rs 14.85 crore from the account of a 77-year-old NRI female doctor living in Greater Kailash-II to different accounts. The fraudsters, posing as fake TRAI and IPS officers, kept the victim digitally arrested in his own home from December 24 to January 9.
During this period, Rs 14.85 crore was deposited in different accounts in eight installments from the account of the elderly woman. On the morning of January 10, when the woman and her husband realized that they had been defrauded, they reported it to the National Cybercrime Reporting Number 1930. CR Park police station has registered an FIR. IFSO wing has also joined the investigation of this case.
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