Overview
- A 32-year-old Secunderabad resident approached cybercrime police after losing ₹75 lakh across betting and casino sites between 2021 and 2025.
- Contact began with a WhatsApp message in 2021, when a ₹10,000 trial was followed by about ₹10 lakh sent that year to bank accounts named by the operators.
- The same contacts reached out again in March 2022 claiming a new platform with lower minimum deposits, which led to renewed play across multiple websites.
- Payments moved through bank transfers, UPI IDs, QR scanners and cash deposit machines, after which withdrawals were blocked and the money became irretrievable.
- Police say the conduct amounts to cheating, online fraud and illegal betting, with case registration requested and a public advisory warning of legal exposure for participants.