Law Student Got Arrested for a Digital Arrest Scam
“Due to digital arrest scams, many innocent individuals are becoming victims and losing a lot of money because of blackmail in fear of jail.”
These days, we get to learn about many cyber or digital arrest scams where an imposter poses as an official from the government or police to deceive an innocent individual for monetary gains.
In such cases, some people get scared of being jailed and transfer their money in an instant without thinking for a second. However, some are aware of such scams and immediately alert the police to the incident so that the imposter can be caught.
Today, we will talk about a similar incident that could be threatening to many individuals if it doesn’t get the attention of the police. Let’s see how things happened.
What happened?
A 22-year-old third-year law student in Bikaner was detained by the state police on Saturday for leading a cyber fraud gang that provided criminals with mule bank accounts and was instrumental in digital arrest scams that were reported in Uttarakhand and Maharashtra.
Police
| One of the FIRs against him was registered at Mumbai’s Cuffe Parade police station. |
How did he get caught?
For six months, Pramod Godara, the accused, was being watched by the police.
What is his crime?
He is charged with organizing a network that created dozens of fictitious bank accounts and transferred crores of rupees via online fraud.
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