Scammers Fake Supreme Court Hearing & Impersonate CJI, Dupe Industrialist Of ₹7 Crore

Textile baron and Chairman of the Vardhman Group, SP Oswal has filed a complaint for being scammed by cyber criminals who orchestrated a fake Supreme Court hearing presided by a person impersonating Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud. 

According to a report by Reuters , the fraudsters swindled Rs 7 crores of Oswal after he was made to attend a fake court proceeding in a purported money laundering case where he was 'directed' to deposit funds in an account. 

As per the report, Oswal informed the Punjab Police the following " They made a Skype call regarding the court hearing ... as per a Supreme Court order I was directed to release all my funds to into a secret supervision account"  

The report further states that the Police was able to recover the swindled money from the accused on September 30. 

"During the fake Supreme Court hearing via Skype, they introduced the fake judge as Justice Chandrachud, though I could not see his face. But I could hear him talking and banging a hammer on the table. The written SC order was so perfect and stamped that I believed it to be genuine and transferred the amount,” Oswal told the Indian Express.

As per the case documents, Oswal was prey to the 'digital arrest' scam trending in the country, where fraudsters and blackmailers dupe money through whatsapp calls and skype video callings by impersonating judges and police officers. 

The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), under the Ministry of Home Affairs has so far blocked 1,000 Skype IDs used for such scams.