The Tamil Nadu cybercrime police said on Wednesday, Six suspects have been taken into custody in a case involving a Madurai local who was defrauded of Rs 96.5 lakh after replying to a phony WhatsApp ad advertising a global share trading opportunity.
According to preliminary investigations, these individuals were implicated in cyber offenses in several states, including Karnataka, West Bengal, Delhi, and other Tamil Nadu regions.
According to an official statement, after transferring money between several bank accounts and realizing he had been duped when the promised returns were not given, the victim filed a complaint with the Madurai District Cyber Crime Police Station in order to pursue legal action and get the money back.
At first, a special team looking into the case blocked Rs 38.28 lakh from several bank accounts connected to the accused. Subsequent inquiries revealed that two accounts belonging to S Seeni Mohamed from Alwar Thoppu, Thennur, Trichy, received Rs 22 lakh of the fraudulent funds. Subsequent investigation showed that he had taken the money out of his bank accounts by check.
The offender was apprehended by the special squad, and his accounts have been frozen by the Cyber Crime Police. Police discovered that A Mohamed Sabeer, A Mohamed Riyaz from Dhana Rathinam Nagar, Trichy, L Mohamed Azharudeen from Uraiyur, Trichy, and Mohamed Marzuk from Ayyampettai, Thanjavur, had carried out the crime under the supervision of a man named L Ibrahim from Uraiyur, Trichy, and in exchange for a commission sum.
According to police, the accused took the money that had been stolen and distributed it to the people who presented the code word that they had received on WhatsApp. After then, the accused received a commission of Rs 1,000 for each Rs 1 lakh that was moved to other bank accounts.
The special team visited Trichy and Thanjavur, detained the suspects, and confiscated the ATM cards, SIM cards, cell phones, and bank account books that were used in the crime.
According to the inquiry, the suspects used a number of bank accounts to launder about Rs 1 crore from the general public and transfer money to different accounts.
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