India, June 7 -- A 35-year-old unemployed B.Tech. graduate from Hisar's Sector-4 was arrested from his residence for allegedly duping a businessman of foreign currency worth Rs.22 lakh in a fake currency exchange deal, police said on Saturday.

The suspect was arrested by the Sector 43 crime branch unit on Friday. Investigators said he assisted fraudsters by activating a SIM card provided by them on his mobile phone for Rs.1,000 and later shared OTPs used to activate WhatsApp on another device. The WhatsApp account was then used to contact the victim and lure him into a business deal.

Police said the suspect also received Rs.50,000 from one of the suspects, arrested on February 13, for providing the OTPs.

According to the victim, he rec...