Overview
- The couple were held on continuous video calls from December 24 to around January 9–10 and coerced to move money under threat of arrest.
- Eight RTGS transfers were executed from their Canara Bank account, including ₹2 crore and ₹2.10 crore transactions, with Fioresta Foundation named among beneficiaries in records.
- Impersonators posed as police and Supreme Court officials, showed fake warrants, and cited PMLA and national security to intimidate the victims.
- Scammers enforced WhatsApp screen sharing and coached scripted answers for bank staff, monitoring banking apps and SMS alerts in real time.
- The ruse collapsed during a January 10 visit to a local police station for a purported RBI refund, after which Delhi Police registered the case and handed the probe to the Special Cell’s IFSO unit.