Malkajgiri cyber crime police arrest 13 persons in six cyber fraud cases

Cyber Crime Police under the Malkajgiri Commissionerate arrested 13 persons in six cybercrime between March 29 and April 4. The cases, largely linked to investment frauds, revealed a network of offenders operating across multiple States.

The police said five cases pertained to investment fraud while one involved a digital arrest scam. The accused were found to have supplied their bank account details to cyber fraud networks on a commission basis, enabling the movement of cheated money through layered transactions.

In one case involving a fake trading platform, SK Akbar, a resident of Khammam, was arrested for facilitating transactions. The victim was induced by fraudsters posing as Amulya and Rhythm Truly to invest ₹72.70 lakh, but received only ₹7.20 lakh, resulting in a loss of ₹72.50 lakh.

In another case linked to the SAMCCHNI App, a man identified as Banoth Mansingh from Khammam was arrested. The victim was approached by persons impersonating a senior official of a securities firm and was persuaded to invest ₹7.61 crore. The application showed inflated returns, but withdrawals were blocked, leading to a loss of ₹7.61 crore.

In a digital arrest fraud case, Mohammed Aijaz Ul Haq from Golconda was arrested by the police. The victim was threatened by individuals posing as officials from the Data Protection Board and police, and coerced into transferring ₹7.80 crore through multiple transactions, including funds raised by pledging assets and borrowing.

In another investment fraud case, police said that the victim was lured through a part-time job offer and made to invest ₹78.37 lakh across multiple transactions under the pretext of completing online tasks, but did not receive any returns. A man identified as Yarramalla Vinod from Suryapet was arrested.

In a cryptocurrency fraud case involving fake platforms, the police teams arrested Gandham Chinna Jacob from East Godavari district for defrauding a victim who invested ₹7.16 crore after being shown false profits, but was later denied withdrawals and asked to pay additional charges.

In a separate case involving a fake trading platform named “Barclays International Group”, eight accused from West Godavari district were arrested. The victim, a 35-year-old faculty member from Nagole, was induced through a WhatsApp group to invest ₹36.35 lakh and received only ₹5,000 in return.

Police said refunds amounting to ₹15.61 lakh were processed and returned to victims through court orders during the week.