Digital Arrest Scam: Consumer Panel Sends Notices to Banks, Flags Service ‘Deficiencies’

Digital arrest scam: Consumer panel sends notices to banks, flags service ‘deficiencies’

Says may seek help of Central agencies if decided that complaints ‘maintainable’.

Goa Police arrested 19 YO man from Punjab in digital arrest scam

Panaji: Goa Cyber Crime police arrested a 19-year-old man in Punjab in connection with the digital arrest scam wherein he had cheated the victim for Rs 18 lakhs in the coastal state. Superintendent of Police (CyberCrime, Goa) said that Surinder Kumar (19) from Prem Vihar Colony, Jassian Road, Ludhiana, Punjab was arrested and brought to Goa on Sunday. The accused had cheated a Goa resident by… Source

Goa Police Nabs Fake CBI Officer In 'Digital Arrest' Scam

A 19-year-old man has been apprehended in Punjab for allegedly impersonating a CBI officer and extorting Rs 18 lakh from the complainant in Goa by threatening to place him under digital arrest, a cyber police official said on Sunday.