<ul><li>A Kolkata company secretary lost ₹51,000 to scammers posing as Delhi Police and CBI officers. They claimed she had 35 bank accounts involved in money laundering.</li><li>The scammers coerced her into transferring money for "verification" via Skype, threatening arrest. She sent the money to an account in Andhra Pradesh and later realized the fraud, filing complaints with Kolkata police and on a cybercrime portal.</li><li>Similar cases across India have surfaced, with victims losing large sums. Critics argue banks need stricter KYC monitoring, suspecting insider involvement in some cases. Victims have questioned the slow investigative response.</li></ul>

Fake CBI, police officers threaten woman on Skype, wipe her bank account in Kolkata

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