Mumbai: The Central Cyber Cell has arrested a 26-year-old woman, Nazook Madan Lochan, for her involvement in a ₹97 lakh cyber fraud. She was apprehended from Malad by a team led by PI Mausami Patil.
According to the investigation, Nazook was one of the beneficiaries whose account received ₹20 lakh from the cyber criminals. The money was later withdrawn, making her complicit in the scam. The total amount of fraud, however, is estimated at ₹97 lakh.
The victim, a 69-year-old retired woman from Wadala, was targeted on December 5. The fraudsters posed as CBI officers and threatened her with digital arrest. Using fear and deception, they coerced her into transferring the large sum of money.
The Cyber Cell is now probing the involvement of other suspects and tracking the money trail. Authorities are also investigating whether Nazook was directly involved in the scam or was merely used as a money mule.
