Team Goemkarponn
SIOLIM: A jeweler from Andhra Pradesh has been arrested by the Cyber Crime Police for defrauding a victim out of an incredible Rs 1 crore by posing as a Delhi Crime Branch Police Inspector.
After receiving false communications between December 26 and 28, a resident of Marna, Siolim, complained to the Cyber Crime Police Station. A WhatsApp user purporting to be a Delhi Police Inspector called the victim and said that she was the subject of a police report.
The victim was further persuaded of the scam’s credibility by the falsified documents the impostor sent, including letters allegedly from the Supreme Court of India.
Under the pretense of protecting the funds till the investigation was over, the accused coerced the victim into transferring Rs 1 crore in several transactions to several bank accounts.
The transactions were quickly linked to a bank account belonging to 53-year-old jeweler Yaramala Venkateswarlu of SN Puram, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, by the Cyber Crime Police. In the scandal, Venkateswarlu was given Rs 40 lakh.
In Vijayawada, the culprit was taken into custody after a manhunt and technical monitoring. While they continued their investigation, authorities frozen the disputed amount in the bank account.
According to reports, the accused, who holds an MSc in Chemistry, utilized WhatsApp chats to commit the scam and tricked the victim with fictitious legal documents.
