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In a lawsuit involving a ₹2.11 crore fraud committed done online concern trading, the Central Crime Branch (CCB) Cyber Crime Wing arrested 1 idiosyncratic and seized 2 mobile phones.
Police said the complainant, T.A. Sekar, 69, a nonmigratory of Adyar, stated that helium came crossed a Facebook advertisement featuring an AI-generated video impersonating the Union Finance Minister. Believing the video to beryllium genuine, helium was lured into investing successful fake online trading platforms named ‘Mudraone.io’ and ‘9pro.com’, which promised precocious returns.
Between October 6 and 9, Sekar transferred a full of ₹2.11 crore to the fraudsters done 23 slope transactions. The accused aboriginal pressured him to put much money. When Sekar informed them that helium had nary equilibrium successful his slope relationship and possessed lone cash, the fraudsters instructed him to manus implicit ₹25 lakh successful currency to a idiosyncratic sent by them.
Suspecting foul play, Sekar lodged a ailment astatine the Greater Chennai Police Commissioner’s Office connected Wednesday. On Thursday, the constabulary apprehended Rahul Raj Purohit adjacent a java store successful Kasturba Nagar, Adyar, erstwhile helium arrived to cod ₹25 lakh from the complainant.
During interrogation, Rahul Raj Purohit stated that helium had nary cognition of the fraud and claimed that helium came to cod the wealth connected the instructions of his father, Prithviraj Purohit, 43. Subsequently, the premier accused Prithviraj Purohit, a nonmigratory of Perambur, Binny Mills area, Chennai, was arrested connected Thursday. Two mobile phones and SIM cards utilized successful the committee of the transgression were seized from him.
Further probe revealed that Prithviraj Purohit, acting connected the instructions of cyber criminals, illegally collected wealth from victims of cyber fraud and transferred the amounts to a fraud syndicate based successful Mumbai, receiving committee successful return.
