Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: Goa Police’s Cyber Crime Police Station has arrested two men from Pune in connection with an alleged ₹2 crore cyber fraud involving impersonation of a company CEO on WhatsApp.
Cyber Crime Police registered Crime No. 81/2026 on September 8 under Sections 318(4), 319(2) read with 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 66-D of the Information Technology Act.
According to police, the accused allegedly used the CEO’s name and profile photograph on WhatsApp to impersonate him and convinced the company’s accountant to transfer ₹2 crore through RTGS to an account belonging to NEXACRUZE MOTORS OPC PRIVATE LIMITED, maintained with IndusInd Bank.
Following registration of the case, police traced the beneficiary account and the subsequent money trail.
A Cyber Crime team led by PSI Navin Naik, along with Police Constables Yash Kole, Sidramayya Math and Shantaram Narse, was dispatched to Pune the same night.
Through technical and field investigation, police apprehended Deepak Uddhav Maske and Shyam Sandeep Kasar, both from Pune, from the Pune International Airport area at Lohegaon within 48 hours of the case being registered.
The accused were subsequently brought to Goa and produced before the court, which granted police custody.
Further investigation is underway to trace the complete money trail and identify other persons allegedly involved in the cyber fraud network.
The investigation is being conducted by PI Sujay Korgaonkar of the Cyber Crime Police Station under the supervision of ASP B. V. Sridevi and overall supervision of SP Cyber Crime Raju Raut Desai.
Goa Police has advised businesses and the public to independently verify requests for large financial transactions received through WhatsApp, email or other digital platforms. Suspected cyber fraud can be reported to the police or through the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal.
