Hyderabad: Two held for duping elderly couple of Rs. 10.61 cr in cyber fraud

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 that they were investigating him in connection with a money laundering case

Hyderabad: 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.

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 that they were investigating him in connection with a money laundering case.

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“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 of 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 pretence of conducting investigation made video calls and online interaction with him. “The victim was misled into transferring a total of Rs. 10.61 crores into different accounts,” said the official.

During investigation the police found that a current account 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 Maruthi GH, of Bengaluru had opened the account ‘M/s Tinkan Technologies Private Limited’, on instructions of the main fraudsters. Both of them were paid 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 no to share their personal or financial information with anyone.