A retired income tax officer in Mumbai loses about Rs 51 lakh after fraudsters posing as police “digitally arrest” him. The scammers claim he is involved in a fabricated money-laundering case and extort money from him through a cyber fraud scheme.
Police investigations identify a Kerala-based accused who is arrested and interrogated. Reports say the individual, named as a “mule account” operator, allegedly provided bank accounts used to receive or facilitate the fraudulent transactions. Investigators are also searching for other suspects mentioned during questioning. The authorities are working to recover the extorted amount in full, but the status and total recovery efforts are still under way as the probe continues.
