Goemkarponn Desk
PANAJI: Aflal K, a 27-year-old Kerala resident, has been taken into custody by the Goa Police Cyber Crime Cell for impersonation and cyber fraud totaling Rs 1.18 crore.
The 64-year-old Rajive Saharia of Zuarinagar, Sancoale, filed a complaint claiming that he was tricked by impersonators using different mobile phone numbers between November 11, 2023, and November 16, 2023.
The accused claimed to have intercepted a package containing illegal substances and that there had been money laundering activities taking place in the complainant’s bank accounts, all while posing as a Mumbai Crime Branch official, according to information provided by the police.
They then requested that the victim send Rs 1,18,05,105 via a number of transactions. When the victim realized he had been duped, he filed a complaint.
“Following an extensive investigation, the cyber team through economic forensic analysis of the implicated bank accounts, identified the accused. Despite attempts to evade arrest by relocating between Kerala and Tamil Nadu, we caught him from Kerala on February 17. He is brought to Goa and remanded to three days custody by the court,” an officer said. More arrests are likely.