CRACKING TWO major ‘digital arrest’ cases in which senior citizens were duped of Rs 2.8 crore earlier this year, the Pimpri Chinchwad Police have arrested six cybercriminals operating from Hyderabad, Mysuru, Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai.

Investigators said these suspects are linked to at least three dozen cases registered across the country, and bank accounts operated by them have collectively seen fraudulent transactions close to Rs 100 crore. Probe has revealed the role of the six suspects in the Rs 58 crore ‘digital arrest’ scam registered in Mumbai , the biggest ever fraud of the type registered in the country so far.

Two separate FIRs were registered at the Cyber Crime police station of Pimpri Chinchwad police in which two senior citizens were duped of Rs one crore and Rs 1.8 cro

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