The online trap

#Cybercrime #cybersecurity The Online Trap Rajesh Mehta lived in Navi Mumbai. He was a retired engineer and had saved a lot of money over the years. One day, he joined a group online that talked about making big money through share trading. The group looked real, and the people spoke like experts. They promised Rajesh that he would earn huge profits. At first, Rajesh invested a small amount. He was shown that his money was growing fast. Trusting them more and more, he kept investing. Between January and August 2024, Rajesh gave them nearly ₹14.88 crore. But one day, the website stopped working. The people he spoke to vanished. That’s when he realized he had been cheated. Rajesh went to the police. The cyber crime team started looking into the case. They followed clues using technology and intelligence reports. Soon, they found a suspect — a man named Amit Singh from Khagaria, Bihar. The police arrested Amit and brought him to Navi Mumbai. During questioning, Amit told them the whole tr...