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The Cyber Crime Police, East Zone have arrested a 35-year-old man in Rajasthan for allegedly cheating a Chennai-based businessman of ₹12.99 lakh by promising high returns through an online trading platform advertised on the internet.The complainant, Jeganathan Balaji (54), a resident of Triplicane, was exploring business opportunities related to electric vehicle charging stations on the internet. On May 28, 2026, he came across an advertisement and contacted a business firm through his mobile phone.The police said the people who spoke to him claimed to represent a Japanese company and persuaded him to register on a particular website to start trading, promising substantial profits. They also offered to provide online training before he began investing.Believing their claims, Balaji transferred a total of ₹12.99 lakh in four instalments to bank accounts provided by them in August. Initially, the fraudsters paid him a small amount as profit but subsequently stopped communicating with him and deactivated the website.Following this, Balaji lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime Police, East Zone seeking the identification of those behind the fraud. A special team of Cyber Crime Police analysed the bank account details and mobile phone numbers linked to the fraud and found that one of the suspects was hiding in Rajasthan.The team travelled to Rajasthan and, with the assistance of personnel from the Ramgarh Pachwara Police Station, traced and arrested Rajendra Kumar Meena (35) of Hemliwala, Dausa district. The police seized two mobile phones including an iPhone, from him.He was brought to Chennai after completing the necessary legal formalities. Following interrogation, Meena was produced before a court in Chennai and remanded to judicial custody.Man arrested in West Bengal for cheating Chennai resident by promising premium credit cardIn a separate development, the Cyber Crime Police have arrested a 26-year-old man in West Bengal for allegedly cheating a Chennai resident of ₹17.6 lakh by promising to provide him with a premium credit card with attractive benefits.Police said the complainant, Keerthivasan (34), a resident of Nungambakkam, was contacted by an unidentified person over the phone on April 23. The caller claimed that, based on his credit score, he was eligible for a premium credit card offering several benefits.The caller sent him a link through WhatsApp and asked him to enter his bank account and other personal details, promising that the premium credit card would be issued shortly. Believing the offer, Keerthivasan entered the requested details on the link.The following day (April 24), the fraudster sent him a mobile phone and instructed him to insert his SIM card into it for a two-step verification process. Shortly after Keerthivasan inserted his SIM card into the new phone, ₹10 lakh was transferred from his bank account, while another ₹7.6 lakh was fraudulently debited through online transactions using his credit card. The total loss amounted to ₹17,60,440.Keerthivasan subsequently lodged a complaint on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal and approached the Cyber Crime Police Station, East Zone seeking action against the fraudster and recovery of his money. The police registered a case and launched an investigation.After analysing the bank account details and mobile phone numbers linked to the transactions, the police found that one of the suspects was hiding in West Bengal.The team travelled to West Bengal and, with the assistance of local police personnel, traced and arrested the suspect Abul Hussain Sheikh (26) of Nawda in Murshidabad district on November 6. He was arrested and brought to the city.Following interrogation, Sheikh was produced before the Saidapet Metropolitan Magistrate Court on November 8 and remanded to judicial custody. Published – November 09, 2026 04:03 pm IST
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