The fraudster, posing as a CBI officer, told the woman that on her Aadhaar card, a bank account was opened which was used for money laundering, she was warned of not moving out and stayed in her room, she was also told that she and her children would be arrested.
Fraudsters asked the elderly woman to share with them her bank details under the pretext of verifying funds of her account which were connected to criminal activity.
The fraudsters withdraw Rs 20.26 crore from her account.
The cyber police arrested Shayan Jamil Shaikh (20), resident of Malad and recovered Rs 4.99 from his account
The cyber police also arrested Razique Azan Butt (20), resident of Mira Road in this case.
The Cyber police on Wednesday also arrested Hritik Shekhar Thakur (25), resident of Andheri area, who had transferred in his account Rs 9 lakh from the woman’s account.
The cyber police have managed to freeze Rs 77 lakh belonging to the woman.
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