40-year-old arrested for shocking ‘digital capture’ scam, causing victim to lose Rs 52 lakh | Noida News

Noida: A man was arrested on Thursday in connection with a case of digital arrest in which a man was cheated of Rs 52 lakh on August 29.
The complainant, Jai Raj Sharma, a 26-year-old resident of Sector 20, works in a private bank and hails from Jharkhand, police said.
In his complaint, Sharma alleged, “On August 11, I received a call from an unknown number. The caller said my number would stop working in two hours, and I was told to press 1 to talk to the phone. cybercrime branch in Mumbai,” the FIR said.
The official said: “Sharma was told that he was involved in a money laundering case, where an airline siphoned off Rs 7 crore. The fraudsters then asked him for a mobile number, which they claimed was his.”
Sharma denied any connection to the mobile number but was told the SIM card was in his name. “Later my call was transferred to another suspect, posing as a police officer. I was asked to download Skype, and they put me under digital arrest and said this was a case of national security. I was asked to share my laptop and mobile screen,” reads the FIR.
Vijay Kumar Gautam, SHO of Cyber ​​Police Station said, “The victim was asked to declare his assets and savings through video call. Initially, he transferred Rs 29 lakh, but when the fraudsters kept asking for more money for bail, he took money from his father on the pretext of a start-up and cumulatively lost Rs 52 lakh over multiple transactions.
Sharma was digitally arrested for five days from August 11 to 17 fraud under relevant sections of the BNS and the IT Act was registered with the cyber crime wing on August 29 and multiple teams were formed to arrest the suspects,” SHO Gautam said, adding that with the help of sources and electronic surveillance, the suspect , Jamuna Prasad (40), a resident of Hathras was arrested on Thursday.
“During the investigation, the suspect revealed that he had opened a fake bank account and given it access to a man named Bhola, who is a member of a digital arrest gang. Prasad got a commission of Rs 27,000 for providing the fake bank account.” SHO Gautam added.