South Mumbai’s cyber cell arrested two individuals recently, one of whom is a lawyer, over their allegedly involvement in a scam worth Rs 3 crore. After the arrest, the police froze Rs 14 lakh found in one of the bank accounts of the alleged accused. In August 2023, a complainant approached south Mumbai’s cyber cell to register a case against a girl. In a familiar pattern, the target was offered a part-time job of ‘liking’ videos on YouTube. Convinced by the offer, the complainant got on board and received returns for liking videos initially. Then, it escalated to the target being told to ‘pay’ the complainant by making ‘investments’ on which there would be returns.

After some time, however, the complainant stopped receiving the payments. Distressed by this, she approached the Mumbai police’s cyber cell to register the FIR.
During investigations, the police probed a bank account in which Rs 14.50 lakh was deposited. The bank account, which was traced to Nagpur, was said to be fraudulently opened.