Goa, June 21 -- In a major cyber fraud case, the Cyber Crime Police have arrested a Kerala-based man, Rijas K, for allegedly duping a woman from South Goa of over Rs.2.60 crore by impersonating officials from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Mumbai.

According to Superintendent of Police (Cyber Crime) Rahul Gupta, the victim - a resident of Margao - was targeted between May 20 and June 2. During this period, she received multiple phone calls and WhatsApp messages from various numbers, wherein the accused falsely claimed a police complaint had been filed against her Aadhaar number.

To lend credibility to the scam, the fraudster allegedly sent a forged copy of a Supreme Court o...