Cyber cops arrest 6 fraudsters from other states in two weeks

Abhishek Jain (21) of Rajasthan sent a phishing link to a Kolathur-based doctor claiming that the latter’s PAN had to be updated, and swindled Rs 2 lakh from his bank account. He was arrested on March 28. Police said that he used the money to pay his credit card bills. Similarly, a construction firm staff in Thousand Lights lost Rs 7 lakh to fraudsters who posed as representatives of a steel rod firm and swindled the money. Based on his complaint, the cybercrime police formed a special team and investigation revealed that the suspects operated from Bihar. The accused Vishal Kumar (32) and Sambu Kumar (25) of Patna were secured on March 29 and remanded. In the third case, the cyber cops arrested three men from Surat in Gujarat for cheating a businessman from Besant Nagar to the tune of Rs 70 lakh. The accused Amir Asif (23), Farooq Razaq (34) and Farooq Ingaria (41) wooed the victim to invest in online trading on the promise of doubling the investment and cheated him. They were remanded on April 9.