Faridabad, Oct. 20 -- Faridabad police have arrested eight suspects in two cyber fraud cases involving Rs 50.9 lakh, including a Rs 50 lakh corporate scam carried out by impersonating a company's CMD on WhatsApp, a police official said on Tuesday. Police also froze Rs 29 lakh linked to the fraud.
Six suspects were arrested in the corporate fraud, while two others were held for allegedly duping a flat owner of Rs 90,000 through fabricated rent payment confirmations.
In the first case, a Sector 28 resident received a WhatsApp message on September 17 from a number displaying his company's CMD's photograph. The sender instructed him to transfer Rs 1 crore to a specified bank account, following which the complainant transferred Rs 50 lakh from...