Veteran Indian businessman also fell victim to online scam, losing 20.5 billion VND.

According to Livemint on September 30, a scam group impersonated officials from India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to approach SP Oswal, chairman of the Vardhman textile group. The group presented a fake arrest warrant, claiming he was under investigation in a money laundering case and threatening to arrest Oswal.

Mr. SP Oswal, an Indian businessman, was scammed out of 20.5 billion VND.

PHOTO: SCREENSHOT FROM HINDUSTAN TIMES

The perpetrators also impersonated the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of India, DY Chandrachud, and held a fake trial via Skype. The scam group claimed that Oswal was being monitored via Skype and was not allowed to leave his home. They also provided documents detailing the surveillance and stated that revealing this information would result in a prison sentence of 3-5 years.

The 82-year-old businessman then transferred 70 million rupees to the scam group through multiple corporate bank accounts on August 27. On August 29, Mr. Oswal told a colleague about the incident and only then realized he had been scammed, according to the Hindustan Times .

Mr. Oswal filed a complaint, and the police launched an investigation, identifying several members of the criminal group. Seven of them have been identified and are believed to be living in the states of Assam and West Bengal.

Currently, two of the suspects have been arrested and authorities have recovered 52.5 million rupees, according to a statement from Punjab state police.

The two suspects were arrested after Punjab police raided the group's hideout on September 29.

The two main suspects are Atanoo Choudhary and Anand Kumar Choudhary, both residing in Guwahati city in Assam state. Both are linked to a federal online fraud network that has defrauded numerous other businesspeople.

Nearly a week ago, businessman Rajnish Ahuja was swindled out of 10.1 million rupees using a similar tactic. According to the PTI news agency, the scammers threatened Mr. Ahuja with a fake arrest warrant and asked him to transfer money to their account.

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