Hyderabad: A woman was arrested by the Hyderabad cyber crime police on Monday for her role in a digital arrest scam.
The woman, K Rithika, is 46 years old and works as a realtor in Kompally. According to the police, she has been linked to 32 fraud cases across India, including three cases in Telangana.
Rithika and her associates contacted people through social media, pretending to be officials from agencies like the CBI, CID, or cyber crime department. They used internet calls to avoid being traced by the authorities.
The group would scare victims by falsely accusing them of serious crimes such as money laundering, human trafficking, or terrorism. They then demanded money from the victims in exchange for dropping the fake charges.
The scam was discovered when a Hyderabad resident, who lost Rs 3.5 lakh, reported it to the police. While some of Rithika’s partners had already been arrested, she was taken into custody on Monday.
