A 60-year-old Mumbai businessman was allegedly cheated of Rs 53 lakh by cybercriminals posing as officials from TRAI, Delhi Police, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and the Enforcement Directorate. The scammers threatened him with arrest in a fake money-laundering case, kept him on a continuous WhatsApp video call claiming he was under digital arrest, and coerced him into transferring money for supposed security verification.

The scam began on November 3, 2025, when the victim received a WhatsApp call from a man claiming to be Rajiv Sinha of TRAI. He was told a SIM linked to his Aadhaar had been misused and that he had two hours to report to the Delhi Police. Soon after, another caller, introducing himself as Vijay Khanna from Delhi Police, alleged the victim’s Aadhaar-linked bank account was tied to a money-laundering case involving businessman Naresh Goyal. The call was then transferred to someone claiming to be SSP Samadhan Pawar, prosecutor, CBI, who sent fake notices and demanded full compliance.