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PANJIM: The Cyber Crime Police have arrested three persons for allegedly cheating a Siolim resident of Rs one crore on the pretext of digital arrest.
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According to police, Bernadette Severina Fernandes, 68, from Valadares Wado, Marna, Siolim, lodged a complaint stating that between December 26 and 28, the accused impersonated as Police inspector of Delhi Crime Branch and informed her that a police complaint was registered against her. He sent her forged letters in the name of Supreme Court of India and made her transfer the amount of Rs one crore in different transactions in three different bank accounts.
A case was registered and the alleged accused Visakh R, 28, and Muhammadshan, 29, both from Kollam, Kerala, were arrested at Kerala and brought to Goa on transit warrant on January 11, 2025.
Later, the cyber crime police arrested Roshan Mehboob Shaikh from Chittur, Andhra Pradesh. Shaikh was the mule accounts agent and handled mule account of layer one account in which Rs 40 lakhs were transferred.
