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The West Godavari territory constabulary person arrested a 14-member cyber fraud gang, including six Indians based successful Cambodia, for their alleged engagement successful 'digital arrests' scam targeting victims crossed Andhra Pradesh. The accused Indians based successful Cambodia were identified arsenic Gadrathi Chinni Blandina and P. Vamsi Prasad of Hyderabad, Maamidi Venkat Rohini Kumar, Kommineni Ajay and Kooragayala Eswar of Visakhapatnam and T. Jayachandra Kumar of Anantapur.
The constabulary seized ₹42 lakh successful currency and frozen ₹19.35 lakh crossed assorted slope accounts operated by the accused. The arrests were made with the enactment of the Vijayawada City police. The scam came to airy aft a Bhimavaram-based retired prof mislaid ₹78.60 lakh successful a 'digital arrest' done by the accused.
Speaking to newsmen astatine a property league connected Thursday, West Godavari Superintendent of Police Adnan Nayeem Asmi said: “The 14-member gang, including those based successful Cambodia, had a web engaged successful gathering mule accounts by offering committee to the relationship holders. Funds collected from the victims of the ‘digital arrest’ were archetypal transferred to the mule accounts, from wherever the pack instantly transfered the currency to aggregate different accounts”.
He added that India-based agents shared the wealth collected from the victims of the '’digital arrest'’ with their pack based successful Cambodia aft deducting their commission. A squad was sent to Cambodia to apprehension them, portion teams were sent to Bengaluru, Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad to the apprehension the remaining 8 accused. Police registered a case, and probe is on.
