Hyderabad: Cyber fraud victims get relief as cyber-crime unit facilitated refund

The cybercrime officials filed petition in the court and after the court orders the amounts were reverted to the account of the victims.

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cyber-crime unit facilitated the refund of amount lost by two persons to cyber fraudsters.

In the first case, a 67 year-old-man, had lost Rs. 8.05 lakh to fraudsters who threatened and conned him after introducing themselves as CBI officers. A case was registered against the fraudsters and the police after identifying the bank where the account existed had sent notices to the bank officials who had freezed the account to which the victim had transferred the money.

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In the other case, a 56 year-old man, who lost Rs. 13.50 lakh in investment fraud had approached the police. The officials followed with the banks and got the money put on hold.

The cybercrime officials filed petition in the court and after the court orders the amounts were reverted to the account of the victims.