Digital Goa, Nov 9 – The Cyber Crime Police Station, Goa, has arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly duping a Cansaulim resident of ₹2.8 crore through a “digital arrest” scam. Accused, Diwakar Varun Jha from Taloje Majkur, Raigarh, Maharashtra, posed as an Enforcement Directorate officer on WhatsApp and convinced the victim that his Aadhaar was linked to a money laundering case. The victim was then coerced into transferring ₹2.8 crore through four RTGS transactions. Investigations revealed that Jha received ₹50 lakh in his bank account, which was later routed to multiple accounts belonging to his associates. The account was also found linked to 11 other cyber fraud cases across eight other states — including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Mizoram, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Gujarat — involving a total fraud amount of ₹7.47 crore.
