Dehradun, May 28 -- The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttarakhand has arrested Mohammad Rizwan, who is accused of cheating people of around Rs 38.55 lakh. He tricked victims by pretending to be an official of ABANS Brokerage Services, an online trading company. Rizwan used WhatsApp groups to lure people into fake online trading and promised high returns. He is also linked to 13 other cybercrime cases in different states. He was arrested from Patel Nagar.

According to the police, Rizwan and his team used social media platforms like WhatsApp to trap people. They added victims to fake trading groups and showed them fake profits using a mobile app called ABANS Pro. People were then tricked into investing large amounts of money, hoping for high...