India, Feb. 16 -- A 31-year-old man was arrested from Sirsa, Haryana for allegedly duping hundreds of people through fake investment schemes and fake jobs to promote YouTube channels, the Delhi Police said on Saturday. Police added that more than 85 cyber complaints from 21 states have been registered against the accused.

The accused, Raja Kumar, who was an electrician before he joined a cyber-criminal gang, has stolen at least Rs.1.4 crore in the last four months from his victims, police said. Police said that they got on the case after a businessman approached the cyber police station in Dwarka, south-west Delhi last December saying that he was cheated of Rs.3.3 lakh.

"The victim told us that someone not known to him added him to a Te...