Overview

• Sukhpreet Singh, 25, was picked up from Jagraon in Ludhiana after mobile location analysis linked him to the case.
• The complaint by Sangam Yadav led to an October 5 BNS Section 318(4) case at the Cyber Police Station in Shahdara.
• Recruiters lured targets from Instagram to Telegram with paid micro-tasks, then pushed a ₹55,100 UPI deposit and later demanded extra withdrawal fees.
• Police say Singh traded USDT within Telegram groups, buying at ₹94–₹98 and selling at ₹105, while using multiple accounts, SIMs and petrol-pump swaps to move INR.
• Three phones, six SIMs and 12 ATM cards were seized, ₹29,500 was traced to a Jagraon swap, and Singh was sent to judicial custody after two days' police remand, with one Indian Bank-linked recipient still untraced.