In the South East District, the Cyber Police have arrested a fraudster named Kalyan Roy, who lives in Thakurmura village, Tripura, near the Bangladesh border. They found him with Rs 2.40 lakh (240,000 rupees) that he had scammed from a victim.
Kalyan Roy tricked a man named Sunil Verma into believing he was getting gifts from a foreign woman he met on Facebook. In September 2021, Sunil started chatting with an American woman who claimed she was sending him gold, mobile phones, and money through a courier. The woman asked Sunil to accept these items for her.
In October 2021, Sunil received a call from someone claiming to be a delivery person, saying that a package with expensive gifts was waiting for him at the courier office. This caller asked Sunil to pay a fee to get the package. Believing it was real, Sunil paid a total of Rs 2,66,500 (266,500 rupees) into a bank account given by the scammer. Unfortunately, after paying, the caller stopped answering.
Sunil filed a complaint at the police station, and the Cybercrime unit began investigating. After a lot of work, they found out that Kalyan Roy was behind the fraud. The police raided his village over three days and finally arrested him.
During questioning, Kalyan admitted he worked with friends to scam people by pretending to send fake parcels. He said he did this to make money quickly. So far, there are no signs of previous crimes against him. More investigation is still happening, and more information will come soon.
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