Prayagraj: Prayagraj police on Friday arrested two cyber criminals identified as Sandeep Kumar Sen (23) and Mohd Sahil (19), residents of Attarsuiya and Khuldabad, respectively, for allegedly cheating many people while posing as the officials of CBI, RBI, Income Tax, and other govt agencies through an app. A case under section 319 (2), 318 (4), 308 (2), 336 (3), 111 (1) (2) of BNS and section 66 and 67 of the IT Act was registered against the duo with the cyber police station. The complaint filed by one of the victims stated that the criminals initially contacted him through an app and convinced him to invest Rs 20 lakh for gains.
When the victim asked for his money back, the fraudsters, claiming to be govt officials, threatened him to fabricate case against him. They duped him of around Rs 68 lakh. They used to lure victims for investment in digital currency using fake documents and later threaten to implicate them in fake cases.
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