HYDERABAD: In yet another case that exposes the growing menace of ‘digital arrest' scams, Telugu Desam Party MLA Putta Sudhakar Yadav was conned out of ₹1.07 crore by cybercriminals impersonating Mumbai cyber crime officials. The fraudsters threatened to arrest him in a fabricated case of money laundering and human trafficking, forcing him to transfer the money under the pretext of securing a ‘provisional bail.' The 61-year-old MLA from Mydukur in YSR Kadapa district, who currently resides in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad, approached the Hyderabad cyber crime police on Thursday evening after realising he had been duped. Police registered a case the same night and launched an investigation. Sudhakar was former chairman of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams. According to Sudhakar's com

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