The elaborate scam saw the worker duped into attending a video call with what he thought were several other members of staff, but all of whom were in fact 'deepfake' recreations.
Based on the hotel's complaint, a case was registered against the woman on January 13 under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and she was arrested. The accused woman was later released on bail.
In a distressing incident, Ankit Chaudhary, an engineer associated with a renowned company, fell victim to a cryptocurrency scam, losing approximately 12 lakhs.
The accused, identified as Ishu Verma, alias Rahul Saxena, allegedly targeted the family after their daughter posted her job search profile on the app of a job search engine in June 2023.
The Myanmar government repatriated this week four more Indian nationals who were victims of job offers from transitional crime syndicates in Myanmar, the Indian embassy in Myanmar said on Thursday.
The team that busted the visa racket and apprehended the seven accused consisted of DCP Ankit Singh, ACP Prabhat, and Inspector Virendra, said Delhi Special CP (Crime).
A man was arrested by the Dwarka Cyber Police in connection with an online fraud wherein a man was allegedly duped of Rs 32 lakh, an official said on Saturday.
Khera further questioned how a Chinese national, Woo Uyanbe stayed in the sensitive towns of Gujarat, bordering Pakistan, and duped 1200 unsuspecting people of Rs 1400 crores within a span of nine days.
According to DCP East Amrutha Guguloth, the police received a complaint on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) from Himanshu Gupta, a resident of Pandav Nagar at Cyber East Police Station.
The Assam Police on Thursday busted a gang involved in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card swapping in Morigaon district and arrested three cyber criminals who duped visitors at ATM outlets on the pretext of helping them to withdraw money and exchanged the ATM cards and looted money, a senio