Mumbai: A 33-year-old Chandivali resident, in Powai, was cheated of Rs 26.33 lakh by online criminals who posed as law enforcement officials. The swindlers, who claimed affiliation with TRAI, cyber crime police, and CBI, claimed to be former Chief Justice of India, D Y Chandrachud. A complaint was filed with West Region Cyber police at BKC on Nov 27.
A Cyber police officer said the fraudsters presented the complainant with a choice between 90 days’ police custody or seven days of digital arrest, to which she agreed. They provided her with a false document stating she was under ‘digital arrest’ for a week, requiring her to stay isolated in a room and maintain confidentiality about the probe.
“The perpetrators instructed her to move her funds to a designated account, supposedly for verifying her income sources. At their instructions, she liquidated her Mutual Funds investments and transferred the amount to the account,” said the officer.
The caller said her phone number faced deactivation due to threat messages sent from it, and alleged her accounts were connected to a money laundering case.
