India, Dec. 18 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against unknown cyber fraudsters for cheating a woman of Rs.1.86 crore by posing as CBI officials and threatening to arrest her in a fabricated money-laundering case.

According to the CBI, the fraudster contacted the complainant, a resident of Kerala, over the phone last year and falsely claimed that her bank account with a public sector bank in Mumbai was linked to money-laundering transactions. He warned her that she could be arrested and that her children would lose their jobs if she did not settle the case.

The fraud further threatened her claiming that all her bank accounts would also soon be frozen. Acting under fear and pressure,the complainant alle...