Two Held For Duping Elderly Couple Of Rs. 10.61 Cr In Cyber Fraud

Hyderabad, Oct 8 (Maxim News): The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGSCB) arrested two persons who were part of a cyber-criminals gang that duped an elderly couple of Rs. 10.61 crores.

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According to the police, the victim, who is a resident of Hyderabad, received a call from a man who claimed to be an official of Mumbai police and informed them that they were investigating him in connection with a money laundering case.

“The fraudsters falsely claimed that a bank account had been opened using the victim’s Aadhaar card and PAN.  The scammers then sent fake letters from the Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax Department to the victim to threaten him,” said Shikha Goel, Director, TGSCB. 

The fraudsters threatened the victim with legal action and under the pretense of conducting an investigation made video calls and online interactions with him. “The victim was misled into transferring a total of Rs. 10.61 crores into different accounts,” said the official.

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During the investigation, the police found that a current account was opened under the ‘M/s Tinkan Technologies Private Limited’.  firm was used by the fraudsters.  An amount of Rs. 4,62 crores was transferred into the account by the victim. 

“Two people, Vinay Kumar and Maruti GH, of Bengaluru had opened the account. ‘M’s Tinkan Technologies Private Limited’, on instructions of the main fraudsters.  Both of them were paid a commission for the task,” said Shikha Goel. 

Vinay and Maruthi were tracked down and arrested by the TGSCB and remanded.  Efforts are continuing to track the flow of the money and the main persons who are involved in the fraud.

The TGCSB asked the people to remain vigilant and not to share their personal or financial information with anyone.  (Maxim News)

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