The Cyber Crime Police Station of the Central Crime Branch (CCB), Greater Chennai Police, has arrested a 40-year-old man in connection with a ‘digital arrest’ scam in which a city resident was cheated of over ₹1 crore.
The police said the case was registered based on a complaint filed by Sathiamoorthy, 60, of Nolambur. He reported that he had been duped into transferring a total of ₹1,00,07,000 by fraudsters posing threats in a ‘digital arrest’ scam. The amount was routed through multiple mule bank accounts.
During the investigation, the police found that the money had been transferred through several intermediary accounts and eventually routed to an Axis Bank account in Haridwar and an HDFC Bank account in Rajasthan.
A special team led by an inspector from the Cyber Crime Police Station traced and arrested the accused, I.A.M. Azharuddin, 40, from Mannady on Tuesday (March 10, 2026).
He was produced before the XI Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Saidapet and remanded to judicial custody.
