In a significant breakthrough, the Madurai rural district cybercrime police arrested three men in Puducherry for their involvement in various online frauds. The arrests followed a complaint received on June 28, in which a victim reported being cheated of Rs 1.3 crore by scammers offering a fake part-time job.
Under the direction of Madurai district Superintendent of Police B K Arvind, a dedicated police team launched an investigation, leading them to trace the Indusind Bank account used in the scam. The trio behind the fraudulent activities were identified as K Vadivelu (44), and E Jairam (30), both from Puducherry, and K Ramalingam (48) from Villupuram. Authorities found that Ramalingam had opened the bank accounts to facilitate the scam, receiving a Rs 1 lakh commission in return.
The investigation revealed that the accused had used these accounts to cheat multiple victims across several states, including Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Telangana, Tripura, Gujarat, and Uttar Pradesh, amounting to a total of Rs 1.5 crore.
Police seized various items, including a laptop, SIM cards, mobile phones, ATM cards, and bank account passbooks. The total amount frozen in the involved accounts was around Rs 2.2 crore.
