Cyber fraud: After extracting Rs 17.28 lakh from the IT professional over the next few days, the duo became evasive when he asked them about the money promised to him
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A 42-year-old software professional from Maharashtra's Thane district lost Rs 17.2 lakh after he was scammed by two persons who promised him easy money through a "part-time" job, an official told news agency PTI on Thursday.
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A man and a woman got in touch with the complainant, who is employed with a top Indian IT firm, on August 3 and offered him a part-time job related to hotel bookings, the official told PTI.
The duo sent him a link through the Telegram app to carry out the job, the police said.
The techie was first told to make some payment towards registration. The duo then smooth-talked him to pay more on some pretext or the other promising him easy money.
After extracting Rs 17.28 lakh from the IT professional over the next few days, the duo became evasive when he asked them about the money promised to him, the official told PTI.
Based on a complaint from the techie, the Ambernath police on Tuesday registered a case under the IT Act. The police gave the names of the accused as Rahul Sharma and Sneha.
Meanwhile, an offence has been registered against five persons associated with a real estate firm for allegedly cheating a man of Rs 5 crore in a land deal in Maharashtra's Thane district, police told PTI on Saturday.
The Naupada police on August 9 registered a case against five persons, including a couple and their daughter who own the firm, under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code, the official told PTI.
The fraud took place between January 2014 and August 2023, when the complainant, who is a driver, approached the firm to sell his ancestral land, he said.
The accused sold the land and had to pay the complainant Rs 5.02 crore as proceeds from the sale.
However, instead of paying their client, the accused allegedly diverted the money to their accounts and misappropriated it, the official told PTI.
In another incident, a 38-year-old history-sheeter has been arrested from Mumbai for allegedly selling cars without the knowledge of their legal owners after hiring them on rent, a Mira Bhayandar Vasai Virar (MBVV) police official told PTI on Monday.
Police seized six cars of different makes worth Rs 42.50 lakh from the accused, identified as Vishal Chalke, a senior crime branch inspector told PTI.
With the recovery of cars, police claim to have cracked cases registered in Mira Road and Kasarvedavli areas in Thane, Virar in Palghar and Dindoshi in Mumbai), he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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