'Digital Arrest' Scam Hits 72-Year-Old Sikar CA: Rs 1.03 Crore Lost in 24 Days — How the Fraud Works, and Why Police, CBI or ED Never Arrest Anyone on a Video Call
A 72-year-old CA in Sikar lost Rs 1.03 crore in a 24-day digital-arrest scam (Patrika, May 2026). Fake CBI/ED officers in uniform threatened him over a fake FIR via video call. 15 transactions later, the money was gone. There is no such thing as digital arrest in Indian law.
Neha Kapoor
@cfp_neha
Neha is the personal-finance lead on the TaxSocial founding editorial team. Her articles cover the topics where tax decisions and money decisions meet — equity, debt and mutual fund tax treatment under the post-50AA debt-MF rules; the Section 87A rebate trap on capital gains; CIBIL credit-score mechanics under the latest RBI rules; the safety distinction between e-Rupee and UPI; retirement vehicle comparisons (NPS, PPF, EPF); insurance and risk management; and the personal-side tax consequences of leaving India. She writes for a reader who is going to act on the conclusion the same evening, with a particular focus on the cross-over between filing-season tax decisions and longer-horizon planning.