Hyderabad Cybercrime Police arrested a 46-year-old woman, who was involved in a digital arrest fraud case on Monday.

Arrested woman was identified as Krothapalli Rithika, who was working as a real estate business woman, resident of Komapally, involved in a digital arrest fraud case. The accused person was also involved in 32 cases across India and out of which 3 cases are in Telangana State., and she was produced before the court for Judicial remand.

Victim, a resident of Hyderabad, received a call from Kurla Police Station in Mumbai. He introduced himself as a Head Constable, informing the complainant that a case had been registered against the victim in court. Fraudster further stated that a bank account had been opened by the victim's name at ICICI Bank’s Bandra in Mumbai.

Fraudster alleged that an illegal transaction happened. Fraudster asked the victim to connect over a Skype call, instructed the victim to transfer the entire amount into the fraudster account for verification purposes, and to confirm whether he was involved in money laundering or other illegal activities.

Fraudster assured the victim that the amount will be refunded to his account within 24 hours. Victim is provided with a Police Clearance Certificate. Believing them, the victim, despite not having the required amount in his bank account, was persuaded to take a pre-approved loan from ICICI Bank. After obtaining the loan, the victim transferred Rs 3,57,998 to the fraudster’s account.

Police have seized two mobile phones, nine cheque books of different banks, three pass books, two stamps, QR code scanner, three ATM cards and five SIM cards from them.

Police on March 25, arrested three persons in this case, they were identified as Thota Srinivasa Rao (58), Jeevan Kumar (38) and T Raghuveer (40). They all arrested persons produced before the court for judicial remand.