A 31-year-old resident of Welipenna was arrested by the Cyber Crimes Investigation Division in connection with a large-scale online fraud.
Police stated that investigations began after a complaint revealed that money had been fraudulently obtained through a purported online money-making scheme. The suspect allegedly connected the victim to a Telegram group and defrauded him of Rs. 6,860,000, later depositing Rs. 500,000 into his own bank account.
Officers from the North-Western Provincial Sub-Unit apprehended the suspect yesterday.
