Hyderabad, May 25 -- Four individuals have been arrested for allegedly duping a woman of Rs 8,75,148 through a fake work-from-home scheme.

The accused has been identified as Manoj Diwakar, Nagiri Vijay, Sanapathi Kishore Babu (all residents of Hyderabad), and Thirunagari Santosh Kumar from Ranga Reddy. They reportedly facilitated the scam by operating multiple bank accounts and payment systems to launder the victim's money.

According to the police, the victim was contacted on January 2 via Telegram by someone impersonating an HR executive from "Accor Advantage Plus Marketing (India) Pvt. Ltd" using a fake website. She was initially assigned trial tasks involving online hotel bookings and promised a daily income of Rs 17,000 to Rs 18,000...