Couple arrested for conning senior citizen

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: The Central Crime Branch (CCB) Cyber Wing Police arrested a couple for allegedly cheating senior citizens by falsely promising to renew their expired insurance policies.

According to the police, the arrested accused Udaya B and his wife Theertha Gowda, were former employees of reputed insurance companies but later began conning senior citizens by collecting their details from insurance companies such as Bajaj Allianz, HDFC, Reliance, Kotak Mahindra and others.

During a conference on Tuesday, Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda explained that the accused allegedly operated through a call center they set up at Indiranagar in Bengaluru.

It was found that the couple had cheated more than 290 people. The police said that they have freezed Rs 1.8 crore in eight bank accounts belonging to the couple.