Chennai Police teams arrested ten individuals across four states for cyber financial fraud (Representative image of cyber scammer)
CHENNAI: Four special teams of the Chennai Police arrested 10 people from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra and Gujarat in connection with six cyber financial fraud cases registered by the Central Crime Branch and North Zone cybercrime police. Police said the six cases involved a total financial loss of Rs 24.54 crore. Rs 44.17 lakh had been transferred to the bank accounts of six of the 10 arrested, while the remaining four had acted as intermediaries. Police recovered Rs 42.72 lakh during the operation. Eight were remanded in judicial custody, while notices under Section 35(3) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita were issued to the remaining two.
Police teams led by inspectors conducted investigations while camping in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi. The arrested persons included six from Tamil Nadu and Kerala, two from Maharashtra and two from Gujarat. Police seized eight mobile phones, SIM cards, memory cards, two bank passbooks and a chequebook from the suspects as part of the investigation.