Indian police have arrested an MBBS student for allegedly transferring ₹8 lakh (about US$9,378) to a gang of Chinese youths. The accused, Vikram Vishnoi, a third-year student at the Government Medical College in Alibag, Maharashtra, is alleged to have converted fraudulently obtained funds into cryptocurrency and sent them to the gang through crypto exchange Binance.
The arrest was made based on clues found during investigation into a case involving a city-based software engineer who cheated of ₹1.35 lakh through a tactic called ‘digital arrest’ . 1,582 US dollars). Authorities revealed that Vishnoi facilitated cyber fraud transactions by providing the Chinese gang with Indian bank accounts in exchange for commissions.
Vishnoi reportedly connected his activities with five Chinese nationals on Telegram, using a chatbot with a translation tool to communicate in English…
