Chandigarh, April 16 -- Digging deeper into digital arrest scam where a retired Colonel was duped of Rs.3.4 crore, police have found that the scam money routed through 250 bank accounts and the arrested individuals are either account holders or handlers involved in the fraud and not the masterminds.

According to the police, the majority of the arrested individuals had allowed their accounts to be used in exchange for a 1% commission, while the rest of the defrauded money was siphoned off to unknown beneficiaries. Some handlers even convinced illiterate individuals to open bank accounts for the purpose of laundering the funds. Investigators have so far identified five major bank accounts that received hefty amounts but found no direct lin...