Mumbai police have exposed a ring of cybercriminals that stole money from people from across the country by posing as police personnel and arrested its kingpin, who has studied till Class 12.
Accused, who has sound technical knowledge despite limited education, was taken into custody by a team of Bangur Nagar police station from a plush hotel in Hyderabad, the official said.
The cyber fraudsters call people, mostly women, posing as police officers and tell them that cops have found drugs or weapons in a courier sent by them.
The complainant got a call from people claiming to be executives of a courier service, saying a parcel had been sent to Taiwan in the complainant’s name and 140 gm of drugs had been found in it. She was subsequently contacted by a person claiming to be 'Ajay Kumar Bansal’, the name of an IPS officer currently serving in Mumbai