Faridabad, Oct. 26 -- A couple was allegedly terrorised through fake Enforcement Directorate and Supreme Court notices into transferring Rs 2.13 crore to cybercriminals, while another resident lost Rs 21.26 lakh after downloading a malicious file disguised as a gas bill update, Faridabad police disclosed on Monday while reporting arrests in a series of cyber fraud, murder, illegal arms, theft and firing cases.
A police official said investigators had arrested another accused in the Rs 2,13,16,000 digital arrest fraud, taking the number of arrests in the case to nine. Two more suspects were arrested in the separate gas connection fraud, in which criminals allegedly gained access to a victim's mobile phone and siphoned off money through thre...