Woman from Rameswaram arrested for helping cybercriminals to defraud Madurai man of ₹78.75 lakh
Madurai police arrested a woman from Rameswaram for facilitating a cybercrime that defrauded a local man of ₹78.75 lakh. The victim was targeted through a 'digital arrest' scam where criminals posed as police officers to extort money.
Why it matters
The rise of 'digital arrest' scams represents a growing threat to financial security, necessitating increased public awareness and law enforcement vigilance.
Madurai District Police have arrested a woman from Rameswaram, N. Maheswari, for facilitating cybercriminals to use her bank accounts to defraud a man from Madurai district.
The police said the arrest was made during the investigation into a digital arrest case registered in February 2026.
The police said that the man got a call from an anonymous person, who claimed to be calling from a police station in Bengaluru.
After verifying his name and address, the caller had told the complainant that a case had been registered against him on charges of having made transactions for several crores of rupees using a fake bank account in his name.
The accused had threatened him that he had been digitally arrested and sought his bank account details.
When the man revealed that he had ₹78.75 lakh in his savings bank account, he was threatened to send the money to a bank account.
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