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Noida Police Arrest 3 in ₹1.70-Crore ‘Digital Arrest’ Case as Multi-State Cyber-Fraud Raids Expand

Investigators describe the trio as paid account holders, with money‑trail probes active across linked syndicates.

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The police have recovered 40 laptops, 67 mobile phones and ₹10 lakh in cash during the raid, police said. (HT)
Authorities said efforts are on to trace the culprits who impersonated NPCI staff and executed the elaborate scam. (HT Photo)

Overview

  • An 80‑plus retired Commerce Ministry official in Noida was coerced through impersonation and staged video calls to transfer ₹1.70 crore, police said.
  • Three suspects — identified as Prince Kumar, Avnish Kumar and Vidyasagar Yadav — were detained after the complaint on September 16, and their bank accounts had multiple NCRP flags.
  • Noida police said the men acted as account providers, receiving commissions and moving funds onward, and they have frozen a portion of the stolen money while tracing further flows.
  • A separate Delhi Crime Branch probe arrested two men accused of supplying NGO trust current accounts used to launder nearly ₹6 crore through fake trading and IPO schemes, with ₹20 lakh traced to one account linked to multiple complaints.
  • Parallel actions included a 38‑person resort raid in Punjab tied to overseas victims, six arrests in Rajasthan for mule‑account supply linked to scams exceeding ₹100 crore, and fresh cases in Hyderabad and Indore underscoring a nationwide fraud network.