Are You Safe? Even A Techie Lost 82 Lakhs In a 700 Cr Racket Busted by Police!!!
The Hyderabad Police has busted a massive fraud ring involving Chinese handlers that cheated at least 15,000 Indians of over ₹ 700 crore in less than a year. The police said the money was transferred to China via Dubai and some of it was also sent to an account linked to the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah. According to Hyderabad Police Commissioner CV Anand, the police are alerting Central agencies about this case and the cyber-crime unit of the Union home ministry has been given the details. He said it was shocking and surprising that even highly paid software professionals had fallen prey to this scam and lost as much as ₹ 82 lakh. He also said the police suspect that a part of the money was converted into cryptocurrency and deposited into a wallet operated by Hezbollah. Nine people have been arrested so far - four from Hyderabad, three from Mumbai and two from Ahmedabad - and the police are searching for at least six more. The cyber-crime branch of the Hyderabad police, which ...