A 35-year-old lawyer, Anand Kumar Shukla, was arrested from Greater Noida for his role in a “digital arrest” scam involving WhatsApp video calls. The fraudsters, impersonating police officers, duped victims by threatening arrest through fake calls.
The complainant filed a report on May 23 at the Cyber Crime Police Station (South), stating he was defrauded during a WhatsApp call by someone posing as law enforcement. An FIR was promptly registered.
Upon investigation, police discovered that Shukla, a practicing lawyer from Delhi residing in Sector 10, had lent his bank account to the scammers to receive illicit funds. Approximately Rs18 lakh, part of the fraud proceeds, was transferred into his account. Shukla admitted to selling access to his bank account for a 3% commission and had already earned Rs0,000 from this arrangement.
He was produced in court and remanded to police custody for four days, as the investigation continues. Authorities are working to trace further accomplices involved in the operation.
