Nagpur: Cyber fraudsters posing as CBI officers duped a 75-year-old man of Rs8 lakh through a digital arrest scam by threatening him with arrest in a fake sex racket case. Beltarodi police have registered a case against unidentified accused.
Realising that he had been cheated, the victim approached Beltarodi police and lodged a complaint on Oct 15.
The complainant, a resident of New Manish Nagar, received a call from an unidentified person who claimed to be a CBI officer, according to the police. The caller allegedly accused him of being involved in a sex racket and threatened that he would be arrested. The accused allegedly forced the victim to transfer Rs8 lakh from his account. The transactions were carried out online. Police registered a case under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita dealing with cheating and fraud, along with provisions of the Information Technology Act.