Marriage promise leads to ₹1.46 crore fraud, 4 arrested
Hyderabad police have arrested four individuals involved in a ₹1.46 crore cyber fraud scheme that used a fake matrimonial profile to lure a victim into a fraudulent investment platform. The stolen funds were laundered through mule accounts and transferred to Singapore via hawala channels.
Why it matters
This case illustrates the growing sophistication of cross-border cybercrime and the use of matrimonial platforms for financial exploitation.
What began as a marriage proposal on a matrimonial website ended in a ₹1.46 crore cyber fraud, with the victim being persuaded to invest in a fake trading platform before the money was siphoned off through a network of mule bank accounts and allegedly routed to Singapore-based fraudsters via hawala channels.
The report is a factual account of a police investigation and criminal charges.
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