Vijayawada: The Chirala II town police on Friday arrested three cyberfraudsters in connection with a fake digital arrest scam, cheating a victim to the tune of Rs 26.5 lakh. The three arrested have been identified as Gandiboyina Neel Kumar (29), Nagala Pradeep Kumar alias Arjuna Rao (24), and Bondalapu Govind (36), all natives of Visakhapatnam and recovered Rs 10 lakh in cash and seized two laptops, six mobile phones, three SIM cards, passports, a memory card and a pen drive.According to Chirala DSP MD Moin, the accused impersonated police officials and contacted victims K Mohan Rao, a resident of Kothapeta village, through social media. They falsely claimed that a money laundering case had been registered against him and threatened him with legal action. Under the pretext of helping him escape the alleged case, they fraudulently collected Rs 26.5 lakh from the victim.Following a complaint lodged on March 30, police registered a case under relevant sections of the BNS and the IT Act and launched an investigation. During the probe, the police found that the defrauded money had been routed through three bank accounts before being transferred to various other accounts.