KOCHI: Kochi Cyber ​​Police has arrested from West Bengal one of the main agents of Chinese gangs in India who are making crores through fake virtual arrests. Lincoln Biswas (27), a native of West Bengal's Krishnaganj and a BJP local leader, was arrested. This is in the case of embezzling four crores off Betty Joseph, a native of Vazhakkala. Mishab from Kozhikode and Muhammad Mufasil from Malappuram were arrested earlier.

The Kochi police team came to Bengal and caught Lincoln taking a big risk. The Kochi police had also sought the help of the local police to arrest Lincoln Biswas who had local support in Krishnaganj. He was brought to Kochi last night.

The fraud team contacted Betty through a video call saying they are the Delhi Police. They made Betty believe that there was an account in her name in the Delhi branch of a private bank and that a person named Sandeep Kumar had committed financial fraud using it. The scammers also said that Betty was under Virtual arrest. The fraud team suggested that the money be transferred to another account to ensure that the money in Betty's accounts was legitimate.

Between October 16 and 24, Betty transferred Rs 4.1 crore from three accounts under her name to the account provided by the fraudsters. It was said that the money will be returned when the case is over. Betty realized that she was cheated when she didn't get back her money. Following this, a complaint was filed with the cyber police.

Accounts checked and arrested

The stolen money was transferred through more than 450 accounts. The police reached Lincoln Biswas after checking all these in detail. He is also a blanket dealer. He was living a luxurious life with the stolen money. Cyber ​​Police SHO PR Santosh, ASI Shyam Kumar, SCPOs Arun, Ajith, Nikhil, Alfit Andrews and CPO Sharafuddin were part of the investigation team.