Shahrukha Ebrahim Shaikh and Sahil Khudbuddin Attar

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu cybercrime wing police arrested two more men in connection with a mail scam case in which a Woman from Chennai lost ₹1.18 crore.
On August 2, Priya (name changed) received a call from a man posing as the customer service manager of an international courier company. The fraudster falsely claimed Priya’s package contained prohibited items and transferred the call to another man posing as a cybercrime agent. The scammer threatened her with legal retaliation unless she deposited funds in various bank accounts.
Fearing the consequences, the woman transferred ₹1.18 crore to several accounts before realizing that she had been cheated. She filed a complaint online with the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and then filed a complaint with the cybercrime branch headquarters in Chennai.
Following the complaint, the cybercrime branch registered an FIR. Primary investigations led to the arrest of Ramesh Bhadabhai, an account holder, and two cybercriminal agents identified as Vivek Beladiya Damajbhai and Paresh Narshibhai Kalsaria.
Further investigations led to the arrest of Vipul Bhagubhai Kovadiya from Gujarat, who acted as a mediator between the agents and the cybercriminals. Vipul revealed the involvement of two agents based in Maharashtrawho were the main face-to-face (F2F) agents in the case and were in contact with the ringleader based in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Using advanced investigative techniques, the cybercrime police traced the two agents – identified as Shahrukha Ebrahim Shaikh and Sahil Khudbuddin Attar – to Kuruduwadi in Maharashtra. Police arrested them on Wednesday. The two men were brought to Chennai and lodged at the Puzhal Central Jail on Friday.
Police found that Sahil had installed an OTP APK file, a software code, in the bank account holder’s phone, enabling fraudulent transfers so that he would receive the one-time password to transfer the funds smoothly.