A communist Green councilor from the Left Democratic Front (LDF) was arrested in a cryptocurrency fraud case in Kerala. The accused was identified as Ahammed Unais (28), councilor of Karettiparamba West of Koduvally Municipality in Kozhikode district. Unais allegedly swindled Rs 47 million.
LDF is an alliance of left-wing political parties in the state, and Unais belongs to a fringe group called the National Secular Conference (NSC). The party was founded by disgruntled former leaders of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML). The NSC was formed in early 2011 with the support of the communists to ease the stranglehold enjoyed by the IUML in Malabar.
The Hyderabad police registered a case against Unais for committing cryptocurrency fraud involving crores of rupees. A Hyderabad-based individual who lost Rs 47 lakh trading cryptocurrencies on the Telegram app lodged a complaint which led to the police operation. During subsequent investigation, the police found that Unais was a Keralite.
On Saturday morning, a five-person Hyderabadi police team reached Koduvally and arrested Unais from his residence with the help of Koduvally police. Koduvally police said that Unais was found to be involved in the case registered in Hyderabad, following which he was arrested and brought to Hyderabad.
The New Indian Express reported that Unais was arrested for using his bank account to transfer thousands of rupees in swindled money to another person. โWe have no further details available,โ said Shaju C, SHO, Koduvally police station.
in a related In a case of internet fraud, Firoz, a resident of Muvattupuzha, was earlier arrested by the Hyderabad police. During an investigation based on Firoz's statement, authorities met Unais.
According to the SHO, cyber fraud has been the subject of multiple complaints. The official said an engineer had lost Rs 30 lakh and a teacher had lost Rs 22 lakh. According to the police, the cyber fraud case involved an inter-state lobby.
Muvattupuzha and Koduvalli They are centers of Islamic terrorist activities. Koduvally is famous for its gold traders, who deal in smuggled gold round the clock. These shops are open 24 hours a day and many greedy people have fallen victim to scammers and gold thieves.
Koduvally is strategically located just 30 km from Kozhikode International Airport and is the gateway to Wayanad and other states like Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Several Muslim organizations control lucrative hawala and gold smuggling operations. The funds thus received also finance terrorism.
