Archive · 24 May 2025
Telangana: Elderly Duped by Fake Police and CBI Officials of Crores
Two people pretended to be police and CBI officials to trick an 80-year-old professor and a 68-year-old businessman.
They called the victims and said they were in trouble for money issues.
The criminals told them to send money to avoid arrest.
The professor lost over ₹2.1 crore and the businessman lost over ₹1.7 crore.
The victims thought they would get their money back after the investigation but it never happened.
Fraudsters, posing as Bengaluru police and CBI officials, targeted two individuals.
An 80-year-old professor from Tarnaka was defrauded of over ₹2.1 crore.
A 68-year-old businessman from Mancherial lost over ₹1.7 crore in a similar scam.
The fraudsters used the same identities in both incidents.
Cases have been registered with the Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police and TGCSB Ramagundam police.
- Who
- Fraudsters impersonating Bengaluru police and CBI officials, an 80-year-old professor, a 68-year-old businessman
- What
- Fraudsters duped two individuals out of a total of over ₹3.8 crore by posing as officials.
- When
- March to May 2024, March 18 to April 28
- Where
- Tarnaka and Mancherial, Telangana; Bengaluru mentioned as source of impersonation.
- Why
- To extort money by threatening arrest in alleged money laundering and human trafficking cases.
- Professor's Loss
- ₹2.12 crore
- Businessman's Loss
- ₹1.74 crore
- Impersonated Agencies
- Bengaluru police and CBI
- Offender cited in schemes
- Sadakhat Khan
- Victim Locations
- Tarnaka and Mancherial
- Alleged crimes
- Money laundering and human trafficking
