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The Kochi metropolis cyber police, who are probing a monolithic cyber fraud successful which a city-based pharmaceutical businessman allegedly mislaid ₹24.76 crore, person arrested 3 youths from Kozhikode who are suspected to person played a cardinal relation successful the scam.
The arrested are Rahees P.K., 39, of Koduvally, Ansar V., 39, of Tholamuthamparambu, and Anees Rahman C.K., 25, of Pantheerankavu. The apprehension of the trio comes a period aft a pistillate from Kollam, Sujitha G., was arrested successful the case. The accused were arrested by a squad led by Inspector Shemeerkhan P.A.
“The 3 person played a important relation successful the concatenation of activities progressive successful the crime,” District Police Chief (Kochi City) Putta Vimaladitya said connected Friday (October 17). He added that they had handled a fig of slope accounts to transact the magnitude progressive successful the scam.
“As galore arsenic 250 SIM cards, 40 mobile phones, laptops, and debit cards were seized from a level utilized by the accused. The constabulary besides received details of astir 40 slope accounts from them. The accused utilized to get entree to the slope accounts of others connected a committee basis. They person taken ₹3.4 lakh from the proceeds of the crime. It is being investigated however agelong they person been progressive successful specified activities,” the serviceman added.
Mr. Vimaladitya said the constabulary had received accusation astir 2 much suspects. The constabulary recovered that a ample information of the proceeds from the transgression had been transferred to slope accounts abroad, and that respective persons wrong the state and overseas were progressive successful the scam.
On tracing the larger web suspected to beryllium down the crime, Mr. Vimaladitya said investigators were trying to find retired wherever the fake banal trading website utilized by the accused to cheat the complainant was hosted. “We haven’t got capable details, but we person taken steps to get the website blocked,” helium said.
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On earlier reports of suspected engagement of a Hyderabad-based web successful the scam, the serviceman said respective slope accounts utilized successful the scam were recovered to beryllium linked to immoderate radical progressive successful akin crimes successful that city. “More probe is needed successful the matter,” helium said.
The alleged fraud occurred implicit 2 years, betwixt March 2023 and August 2025.
