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Scammers Used Jet Airways Case to Digitally Arrest Elderly Couple
A couple in Delhi received a fake call saying their electricity bill was unpaid.
The callers then falsely accused the husband of helping Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal move illegal money.
They pretended to be CBI officers and showed a fake office during video calls.
They also sent a fake Enforcement Directorate notice and claimed the couple would be arrested.
The scammers told the couple to transfer their savings so the money could be checked.
The couple sent Rs 15.5 lakh, but the money was never returned.
Police later traced the money through several bank-account intermediaries.
Investigators say the account may have been part of a larger network connected to operators in Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates.
Police arrested several people allegedly involved in supplying accounts to the fraud network.
A retired Armyman and his wife in Munirka were digitally arrested for 48 hours by scammers posing as CBI officials.
The scammers falsely linked the man’s bank account to Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal’s money-laundering case.
Using fake notices, video calls and a supposed bail process, the fraudsters coerced the couple into transferring Rs 15.5 lakh.
Police traced the money to a Ludhiana current account allegedly supplied through intermediaries to overseas cyber-fraud operators.
The account was allegedly linked to 17 complaints involving fraudulent transactions worth crores across several states and union territories.
- Who
- A retired Armyman and his wife were targeted by scammers posing as Central Bureau of Investigation officials; police later arrested four alleged account suppliers and intermediaries.
- What
- The couple lost Rs 15.5 lakh in a 48-hour digital-arrest scam that falsely connected the husband to Naresh Goyal’s money-laundering case.
- Where
- The victims lived in Munirka, Southwest Delhi; the transferred money was traced to a current account in Ludhiana, with investigators pursuing links to Jaipur, Cambodia and the United Arab Emirates.
- When
- The scam began on April 17 and continued through April 18; the article places the investigation in 2026.
- Why
- The scammers sought to steal the couple’s savings and allegedly used supplied bank accounts to receive proceeds from wider cyber-fraud operations.
Key facts
- Amount lost
- Rs 15.5 lakh
- Duration
- Approximately 48 hours
- Impersonated agencies
- Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate
- Fake case reference
- A purported money-laundering and Foreign Exchange Management Act case involving Naresh Goyal
- Initial account location
- A current account in Ludhiana
- Linked complaints
- Police said the account was connected to 17 complaints across states and union territories
- Victim description
- The article initially describes the man as a retired Armyman and later refers to him as a retired Colonel
Quotes
Scammer posing as an electricity official
The initial caller who lured the retired man into contacting the fraud network.
“We have moved court for your anticipatory bail. But now your money needs to be verified. We will give you an RBI account number. You transfer whatever you have in it. The RBI will return it post verification.”
indianexpress.com
“We have found that you gave your account details to Goyal, and all his money was sent to foreign accounts through your account”
indianexpress.com
Sources
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