In Haryana’s Sonipat, cyber thugs digitally arrested a retired officer by threatening him with a money laundering case. To assure him, an arrest warrant was even sent on WhatsApp. After this, he was kept in a hotel with his wife for 2 days. The thugs told him to transfer this money to government accounts. The thugs got it transferred to accounts opened in their fake names and addresses and swindled Rs 1.78 crore. On discovering the fraud, a case has been registered in the cyber police station of Sonipat police.
Vinod Chaudhary, who lives in Model Town, Sonipat, told the police in his complaint that on November 6, he received a call from a number on his mobile. Then after some time, the call came again. On the other side, he was told that his name was registered in the Ashok Gupta money laundering case (Case No. 2212186) and there was an arrest warrant against him.
A copy of the arrest warrant was also sent to his mobile. According to Vinod, he was in Faridabad at that time due to the death of a relative. After this, he received a call again on his mobile on 12 November and an arrest warrant was sent to him.
The caller threatened him and asked for his and his family’s bank details. Then on 13 November, he was asked for details of his entire day’s routine. He sent this information to them in writing.
According to Vinod, from 14 to 20 November, he transferred Rs 1 crore 78 lakh 55 thousand to several bank accounts through RTGS as per their instructions. The fraudsters kept asking him to deposit this amount in a government account to verify it. He said that apart from this, WhatsApp calls started coming on the second number which was with his wife after 16 November. He was asked for details of the RTGS transfer. Then on November 17, he was asked to leave his house and stay in a hotel for security reasons.