India, March 31 -- The western region cyber police arrested an autorickshaw driver for allowing a cyber fraud racket to use his account to divert defrauded money from an Andheri based senior citizen who was cheated of Rs.1.54 crore.

The victim, a 69-year-old resident of Andheri who retired from a private firm, was trapped by a cyber criminal who called him in December 2025 and claimed he had been circulating obscene clips for extortion.

Officers from the cyber cell said the frauds told the elderly they were police officers and that he would be arrested if he did not co-operate with them.

Police said the accused then sent fake summons and an arrest warrant, made the victim sign a confidentiality agreement, and even staged a fake courtro...