The Central Crime Branch officials arrested a 37-year-old software engineer for allegedly cheating cybercrime victims by offering legal aid and escaping with the money on the pretext of service charges.
His arrest followed a complaint filed by one of the victims who had lost ₹1.5 crore in a cyber fraud in Ramamurthynagar. He was looking for help online, when the accused allegedly approached him posing as the representative of ‘Quickmoto Legal Service’ and made away with ₹12.5 lakh this February.
The police found that the company existed only on paper and did not have any office. However the CCB tracked down the accused operating from a different location under a different name ‘India Legal Service’ in Kasturinagar and arrested him.
The accused has been identified as Thufail Ahmed C.A.M., resident of Kadalur in Tamil Nadu, with a BE in Electronic Communication and Engineering .
The accused had set up a tele-calling centre and employed 12 people in Kasturinagar to track down cybercrime victims. The accused, with the help of his brother working in Dubai, set up many fake companies to carry out the racket, the police said.
The accused would track down cybercrime victims looking for help and would approach them through Voice Over Internet Protocol calls to avoid being detected .
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had cheated 29 people. He has been booked under the IT Act and taken into police custody to ascertain his criminal background.
Published – August 04, 2025 05:17 pm IST
