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Digital Arrest: 75-Year-Old Woman Defrauded of Over 2 Crore by Fake CBI-ED Officials!
- •New Delhi: A 75-year-old woman was allegedly defrauded of over 2 crore rupees by individuals posing as CBI and ED officials.
- •The elaborate fraud, lasting 22 days, involved taking her house, jewelry, and money.
- •Fraudsters not only used phone calls and online methods but also visited her home to execute the deception.
- •The woman was forced to stay on constant video calls and threatened with arrest for herself and her children.
- •Investigation reveals a gang operating from Cambodia is behind this sophisticated fraud.
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Fraudsters posing as CBI and ED officials contacted the 75-year-old woman on her landline on April 6, claiming her phone number was linked to a money laundering case. They subjected her to continuous psychological pressure and video calls for 22 days, threatened her family with arrest, and ultimately visited her home to seize assets and property documents.
The woman transferred 3 lakh rupees from the Bank of Maharashtra to a specific account, deposited gold to take a loan of approximately 4,95,250 rupees which was also sent to the fraudsters, and handed over the original documents of her house valued at over 2 crore rupees.
The fraud came to light when the woman's daughter, Radhika Ralhan, who lives in the Netherlands, video-called her mother on April 27 and noticed an unknown person inside a car with her. Realizing her mother was extremely panicked, she advised her to go straight to the police station.
