Dec 24, 2024 09:55 PM IST
Fraudsters set businessman’s image as their WhatsApp profile pic and directed the latter’s accountant to switch ₹86 lakh to a checking account; preliminary probe suggests cast paperwork had been used to open the account
A textile unit proprietor’s agency in Ludhiana was duped of ₹86 lakh by a cyber fraudster. The Cyber Crime police have registered an FIR in opposition to an unidentified accused and launched an investigation into the case.
The police are tracing the checking account the place the cash was transferred.
Sufferer Shrenik Jain, 58, a resident of Dr Sham Singh Highway in Civil Strains and director of a textile agency, mentioned that his accountant Amit Salaria obtained a WhatsApp message from an unknown quantity displaying his (Jain’s) picture because the profile image on December 17.
Believing the message to be real, Amit saved the quantity with out confirming it with Jain. The next day, at round 10 am, the fraudster, impersonating Jain, messaged Amit asking for the checking account steadiness particulars. As soon as Amit shared the small print, the fraudster offered a checking account quantity and requested a switch of ₹86 lakh, citing it as an funding in a brand new enterprise.
Underneath the impression that Jain was making the request, Amit transferred the quantity. It was solely after discussing the transaction with Jain over telephone Amit realised that he had fallen prey to a rip-off.
Subsequently, Jain lodged a criticism with the Cyber Crime police. Inspector Jatinder Singh, station home officer (SHO) of the Cyber Crime police station, mentioned an preliminary inquiry was carried out earlier than registering an FIR. “We have booked the unidentified accused under Sections 318 (4) (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 319 (2) (cheating by personation) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS),” Singh mentioned.
The police are tracing the checking account whereby the cash was transferred. Preliminary investigations recommend that the account was opened utilizing cast id paperwork.