The Supreme Court of India filed a cybercrime complaint against Delhi Police regarding a social media account purporting to be that of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and requesting money for a cab fare.
The Delhi Police received a cybercrime complaint from the Supreme Court of India over a social media account that purported to be Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and was requesting money for a cab ride. After CJI Chandrachud noticed the screenshot of a message that went viral on social media on Sunday, the complaint was lodged. After that, the cybersecurity division of the Supreme Court acknowledged CJI’s complaint and filed a first information report with the cybercrime division.
In the post, the fraudster asked an X user named Kailash Meghwal for ₹500 so that he could take a cab to a Collegium meeting. The scammer used CJI’s name as its handle and his picture as the display image. Additionally, the con artist assured Meghwal that after he appeared before the Supreme Court, he would return the money. The post’s screenshot indicates that the impostor was “stranded” at Delhi’s Connaught Place (CP). The scammer said in the message, “Hello, I’m CJI. We have an urgent collegium meeting, and I’m stuck at Cannaught Place. Can you send me 500 rupees for a cab?”
The fraudster ended the message with “sent from iPad” to give it an even more authentic appearance. In March of this year, there was another incidence where a 42-year-old man was taken into custody for reportedly posing as an inspector from the Delhi Police crime branch and defrauding two persons out of ₹4 lakh under the guise of selling expensive telephones and luxury cars that were auctioned off through Delhi courts at exorbitant prices. The culprit, identified by the police as Ayub Khan, was taken into custody during an investigation into a cheating case that was filed at the Subzi Mandi police station in January.
From Khan, the cops retrieved a falsified Delhi police identity card. According to the police, Khan was previously involved in four instances of identical cheating that were reported to the police stations on Parliament Street in Delhi, Kamla Market, Daryaganj, Hari Nagar, and Kamla Market. They said that Khan cheated people and then spent the money at nightclubs in Delhi and Mumbai as well as living a luxury lifestyle.
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