Three arrested for defrauding man of Rs 92 lakh in Tamil Nadu

Three individuals were apprehended on Thursday for deceiving a man of Rs 92 lakh as stated by the Tamil Nadu Cyber Crime Branch Police, in Chennai on November 7th.

The people who were taken into custody were recognized as Nitish Kumar and Chandrashekhar from Namakkal and Sureshe from Coimbatote.

Authorities disclosed that the individuals, in question had previously engaged in unlawful behavior.

He was enticed by a Facebook ad promoting an online trading opportunity.

He placed his trust in the plan and moved money to accounts believing in its success but was left disappointed when the anticipated profits never materialized – this realization led him to report the deception to the Madurai Cyber Crime Branch Police authorities.

After receiving the report of the incident by the complainant a team specializing in cybercrime commenced an inquiry. Suspended the accounts belonging to the individuals under suspicion.

The authorities found out that the scammers had set up a bank account in the name of ‘Murugan Traders’ with Nitish named as the owner.

The individuals allegedly earned commissions worth hundreds of thousands, for every Rs 1 crore transaction they handled.

Sub Inspector Priya Senthilkumar headed the Cyber Crime team on their journey Namakkal with the intention of apprehending the suspect.

During the police apprehension of the suspects found with them were SIM cards along with bank passbooks and ATM cards as well.The investigation revealed that around Rs 3 crore, in illicit transactions had taken place through the accounts that were seized.

The inquiry also found that these wrongdoers had engaged in deceitful plots in various states such, as Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Nagaland.

The individuals in question had also carried out crimes in different areas, across Tamil Nadu.

In a case of events the Madurai District Cyber Crime Police have apprehended three individuals, for swindling a fellow resident of Madurai out of Rs 1.32 crore by promising a part time job opportunity.

After discovering the fraud schemes existence and becoming a victim of it the individual lodged a complaint that ultimately resulted in the apprehension of Kumar Vadivelu and his associates Eswaran Jayaraman and Karthik Ramalingam.

The suspects had their phones and laptops taken away by the police along with SIM cards and bank related documents, like passbooks and ATM cards; they also put a hold on an account holding around Rs 2.18 crore.

The local authorities are urging everyone to stay alert and report any instances of online fraud promptly by calling the toll number 1930.