Thane senior citizen loses Rs 1.56 crore in 'digital arrest' fraud

THANE: (Mar 11) A 64-year-old Thane resident has allegedly been duped of Rs 1.56 crore by a gang of cyberfraudsters who placed him under "digital arrest" for nearly a month after posing as police personnel, officials said on Wednesday.

The fraudsters sent him multiple forged documents, including fake Mumbai police FIRs and counterfeit Interpol ‘Red Corner’ notices to convince he was under serious scrutiny, they said.

The victim, from Katrap at Badlapur in Maharashtra's Thane district, was kept under 'digital arrest' from February 12 till March 7, according to the officials.