Hyderabad, Aug. 1 -- The Hyderabad cybercrime police booked officials from Telegram and the Apple App Store India head in two cases of fraud on Friday, July 31.

The case was registered after two people from the city lost Rs 21 lakh in separate incidents of online investments and part-time job fraud, respectively. In the first case, a 62-year-old retired man from Somajiguda lost Rs 12.7 lakh that he had invested in a fraudulent investment app available on the App Store.

According to a report by The Times of India, in June the complainant came across an advertisement on Instagram for a stock trading platform.

The victim clicked on the link in the advertisement and was contacted by fraudsters Sonal Jagannath Naik and Kunal Sumaya. "I down...