The Cyber Crime Police Station, Goa, arrested a Kerala-based man in connection with a major cyber fraud in which a Caranzalem resident was cheated of Rs 67 lakh through a fake online investment scheme. The accused has been identified as Anuraj R, of Thiruvananthapuram.
The offence was registered on December 2, 2025, following a complaint filed by the victim that the impersonator duped him of the amount between October 1 and October 24, 2025, under the false pretext of high returns.
Details shared by the police reveal that the accused allegedly contacted the complainant through multiple WhatsApp numbers and impersonated a reputed investment firm under the name “DeepGTP Global ETF Investments”, also using the label “PIHU Urban Leather”.
“The complainant was induced to invest in a fake trading application on the false assurance of high returns, resulting in a financial loss of Rs 67 lakh,” SP Rahul Gupta said, adding that a detailed investigation led the team to the accused in Thiruvananthapuram, from where he was arrested.
“During the investigation, it was revealed that Rs 28 lakh was credited to the accused’s bank account at the first layer of the transaction trail. The amount was later routed to multiple bank accounts belonging to his associates. Further scrutiny showed that the same bank account was linked to at least four other cyber fraud cases registered in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Goa, involving a cumulative fraud amount of Rs 54.4 lakh,” the officer said. The accused has been produced before the court and remanded to police custody.
