Gujarat doctor loses Rs 19 crore in digital arrest scam

From Gujarat’s Gandhinagar, a doctor has become the victim of one of the country’s most shocking cyber frauds, losing Rs 19 crore over a span of three months in what investigators are calling a major ‘digital arrest’ scam.

The trouble began on March 15, when the doctor received a phone call from someone claiming that objectionable content had been detected on her mobile phone. '

The caller threatened to disconnect her phone connection and implicate her in a money laundering case if she did not cooperate. What followed was a series of coordinated and manipulative calls from individuals posing as officials including a sub-inspector and a public prosecutor all working in tandem to create fear and force her into submission.

From Gujarat’s Gandhinagar, a doctor has become the victim of one of the country’s most shocking cyber frauds, losing Rs 19 crore over



a span of three months in what investigators are calling a major ‘digital arrest’ scam.

The trouble began on March 15, when the doctor received a phone call from someone claiming that objectionable content had been detected on her mobile phone. 

The caller threatened to disconnect her phone connection and implicate her in a money laundering case if she did not cooperate. What followed was a series of coordinated and manipulative calls from individuals posing as officials including a sub-inspector and a public prosecutor all working in tandem to create fear and force her into submission.

Following an intense investigation, police tracked down and arrested one suspect in Surat, whose bank account had received Rs 1 crore of the stolen funds. He is currently under interrogation as authorities attempt to identify other members of the network behind the operation.