Coimbatore police arrest Andhra native for cyber fraud
The cybercrime police in Coimbatore on Monday arrested a man from Andhra Pradesh on the charge of cheating a woman of ₹11.06 lakh in a part-time job-cum-investment scam. Vootla Ravi Teja, 34, from Kondapaturu in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, was arrested by a special team of the cybercrime police.
According to the police, a 32-year-old woman from Coimbatore lodged a complaint earlier this year, stating that she was cheated of ₹11,06,839 by an unknown person, who promised her higher returns from online investments.
The police said the woman joined a WhatsApp group after seeing an advertisement on an online part-time job on Instagram. She was asked to get in touch with a person on Telegram, who asked her to review links of advertisements shared via ShareChat. She was later lured into investment schemes and she paid a total of ₹11,06,839 in multiple transactions.
Though her earnings were shown credited to an online valet, she was asked to invest more money to withdraw the amount. Suspecting fraud, she approached the police, who arrested the accused.
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