Panaji: The Enforcement Directorate carried out simultaneous raids across Goa, Kolkata, Delhi, and Mumbai on Friday in connection with a digital arrest case dating back to June 2025. The ED operation led to a seizure of foreign currency worth Rs 1.2 crore, gold worth Rs 1.3 crore, property documents valued at around Rs 14 crore and Rs 80 lakh in cash.ED officials have also frozen more than 400 bank accounts across India that were used to route money stolen from victims of digital arrest, and also seized more than 100 rubber stamps of companies.The operation is linked to FIR number 17/2025, filed at the Goa police cyber crime police station regarding the digital arrest of a senior citizen.“The perpetrators impersonated TRAI and CBI officials. They duped a senior citizen of Rs 2.6 crore. After we dug into the calls, we found that it was just the tip of the iceberg,” said an ED official.According to the complaint, the victim received multiple phone calls and WhatsApp messages from individuals impersonating senior officials from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Mumbai.
