Bengaluru, Dec 23 || An incident of a software professional losing Rs 11 crore after falling victim to digital arrest has been reported from Bengaluru on Monday, the police said.
According to the police, the cyber fraudsters disguised themselves as police officials from the Mumbai Crime Branch and committed the crime through digital arrest.
The victim is identified as 39-year-old Vijaykumar, who working with a reputed IT company in Bengaluru.
The case has been registered in this regard with the North East Cybercrime, Economic Offences, Narcotics (CEN) police station in Bengaluru.
The victim was told that a case was registered under his name in Mumbai's Colaba police station and they found that a cash transfer was made using his Aadhaar number.
The fraudsters claimed that it was a case involving cheating of Rs 6 crore and his Aadhaar card was misused to open bank accounts for money laundering.
The accused also claimed that the case is currently being looked into by the Supreme Court.
Police said that the cybercriminals had done their homework and collected information that the victim had invested in the share market for many years.
The accused had told him to sell his shares threatening arrest.
In a phased manner the accused had extorted Rs 11.83 crore to their accounts.