Music composer Jerry Amaldev narrowly escaped a financial fraud when a group of scammers impersonated CBI officers in an attempt to extort ₹1,70,000 from him by threatening a virtual arrest.

Frightened by the threats, Amaldev went to his bank, Federal Bank Ltd. in Pachalam, to arrange the transfer. However, Senior Manager S. Sajinamol, suspecting something was amiss, refused to process the transaction and promptly informed the North Police. Following a police inquiry, Amaldev was relieved to discover that he had narrowly avoided falling victim to the scam.

In the last week of August, Amaldev received a video call from an individual named Vinoy Chowdhary, who was dressed in a police uniform and falsely claimed that Amaldev was hiding ₹2.5 crores belonging to Jet Airways owner Naresh Goyal. Chowdhary accused Amaldev of being involved in an illegal financial transaction with Goyal.

Subsequently, a woman named Navjot Simi, posing as a senior officer, joined the call and demanded that Amaldev remit ₹2.80 lakh through RTGS, instructing him to provide the Unique Transaction Reference Number.

On September 4, Amaldev approached the bank to process the payment, but the Senior Manager's suspicions led to a refusal of the transaction. The fraudsters had directed Amaldev to send the money to an account at Janata Seva Bank in Muktiar Nagar, Madhya Pradesh.