Customer KYC misused to activate ghost e-SIMs for Cambodia fraudsters: Lucknow police

The Cyber Crime Cell launched the probe after a Lucknow resident was allegedly kept under “digital arrest” for seven days, from July 16 to 22, by fraudsters posing as Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), Pune officials. Claiming he was involved in a money laundering case, the callers allegedly intimidated him through continuous video calls and forced him to transfer ₹70 lakh into four bank accounts.

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