5 dupe woman of Rs.17 lakh through remote work scam; arrested
New Delhi, July 26 -- Four men and a woman were arrested for running a work-from-home online task scam and cheating a woman of Rs.17 lakh, police said on Friday. The accused ran a group on Telegram where they tasked their victims to perform online tasks such as giving reviews and making online payments on certain websites to earn "huge commissions".
One of the accused, a 47-year-old illegal crypto trader, Nidhi Agarwal, allegedly converted the cheated funds to cryptocurrency.
The 29-year-old complainant in this case, who refused to be identified, alleged she was looking for a job when the accused offered her high returns for completing online tasks.
Police said she was duped of Rs.17 lakh. htc...
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