Hyderabad, June 12 -- Two people from Hyderabad have been arrested on suspicion of acting as money mules for a cross-border cybercrime syndicate with links to Sri Lanka and Cambodia.

The crime surfaced when cybercrime investigators in Chennai alerted deputy commissioner of police (DCP),BengaluruSoutheast, Sarah Fathima of a possible victim in the city.

Upon investigation, Bengalurupolice found that an elderly couple had been accused of money laundering and had been cheated out of Rs 4.75 crore since March in the name of digital arrest.

The couple residing in BTM layout, Bengaluru, thought they were following legal instructions and had even pledged their property papers to pay the fraudsters, reported the Indian Express.

The breakthrou...