Cyberabad police nab three for helping cyber fraudsters dupe person of Rs 1.38 crore

Fraudsters introduced themselves as law enforcement agency officers and on pretext of registering a case of money laundering, conned the victims

Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police on Monday arrested three persons who had helped cyber fraudsters in duping a person of Rs 1.38 crore.

The arrested are Gokul Marutha Chalamoorthi (24), Jafar Shareef (23) and Shahrukh (30), all residents of Tamil Nadu.

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According to the police, the fraudsters introduced themselves as law enforcement agency officers and on pretext of registering a case of money laundering, conned the victim, who is a resident of Cyberabad, into transferring Rs 1,38,60,000 to different bank accounts.

“A total of Rs 9.60 lakh was transferred by the victim to the account of Gokul. During investigation, he was caught and on his confession two others Jafar and Shahrukh were nabbed. The trio were paid a commission by the fraudsters for providing the bank account details,” said the Cyber Crime police officials.