The arrested person is P Srinivas Reddy (41), a private employee from Tilaknagar. He is allegedly involved in stock trading fraud cases at five places across the country.
According to the cybercrime police, the suspect targeted job aspirants through Telegram app and offered high paying jobs in reputed software companies.
The arrested person, Shiva Shankar (27), is a data entry operator from Noida in Uttar Pradesh. He is involved in two cases across India, including one in Telangana.
In January 2025, the victim was contacted via WhatsApp by a fraudster who offered a part-time work-from-home job. The job required the victim to provide Google reviews and feedback on restaurants, for which they initially received some payments
Zubair Ahmed impersonated as an executive of Fedex Courier Company and duped a man from the city to the tune of Rs 55 lakh by keeping him under ‘Digital Arrest'
The victim received a call from a fraudster claiming to be an executive of a popular shopping mall offering good discounts on groceries and other household items.