Fake ED officers dupe retired govt employee of Rs87L in ‘digital arrest’

Nagpur: A bunch of conmen impersonating Enforcement Directorate (ED) officers allegedly duped an 85-year-old retired central govt employee of around Rs87 lakh by threatening arrest in a fabricated money laundering case.The fraudsters started trapping the senior citizen around one month ago. The victim approached the cyber police station this week but the money was lost by then. An offence was registered on Thursday.As per the police, the conmen contacted the complainant on mobile phone and WhatsApp. They made a video call pretending to be ED officials Sandeep Yadav, B Rajput, Vijay Khanna and Dinesh Chaudhary. The fraudsters claimed the complainant was involved in a money laundering case and that an arrest warrant had been issued.They sent fake police letters and "digitally arrested" the victim. The conmen then directed the complainant to deposit the money in multiple bank accounts provided by them.Police have registered a case and investigation is underway to trace the accused and recover the amount.