An engineer from Tamil Nadu reveals how he cheated a Japanese professor. The police are tracking down a global cybercrime network

Mechanical engineer Vigneshwar Muruganandham arrested for allegedly cheating a Japanese professor working at a Delhi institute ₹7 lakh, he revealed to the police how cybercrime it happened India times reported.

From applying for a job to unknowingly joining a company Chinese According to the report, cybercrime syndicate Muruganandham, 30, hailing from Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, was nabbed for the ‘digital arrest’ of a professor.

Police arrested him and four others and found them to be part of a larger cybercrime group based in Cambodia.

A journey into a Chinese cybercrime ring

During interrogation, Muruganandham revealed that he was part of a Chinese cybercrime syndicate Cambodia. The report states that he was offered a job at the “company” and told to open multiple bank accounts in India before leaving. He entered Cambodia in April 2024 and after some time he realized that transactions were being made on his accounts for amounts he had no idea about. He also realized that as many as 20 Chinese citizens were cooperating with him, he added.

He told the police that cybercrime The attack targeted India and neighboring countries, while “employees” were divided according to their expertise to work in telecommunications and computer-related positions, he said.

How the fraud happened

Muruganandham then told police that over time he realized that his “company” was not the only company doing such work and there were many opportunities Telegram. Therefore, he decided to quit his “job” and try out the tricks of the trade on his own, the report says.

He returned to India and began providing his Cambodian contacts with bank accounts to earn large commissions. The report added that In was involved in such an operation that he was arrested along with five others for defrauding a Japanese national working in New Delhi. The case came to light in early January.

Information from Delhi Police

Surendra Chaudhary, a police officer in Delhi (South West), confirmed to the newspaper that Muruganandham was linked to a cybercrime syndicate in Cambodia.

Police identified the other arrested as four persons: Mohit Bahot (22), Yogendra Kumar (26), Vipul Kumar B Raval (35) and Birendra Kumar Shaw (42) – hailing from Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and West Bengal respectively, it added report. The police have registered a case under Sections 318 (cheating) and 419 (cheating by impersonation) of the BNS, it said.