Pune: Two people from Bavdhan and one person from Hadapsar collectively lost Rs 1.2 crore in online share trading frauds between June and July. Separate cases were registered with the Hadapsar, Hinjewadi and Cybercrime police on Wednesday and Thursday.
In the first case, a Katraj resident who runs a house-keeping business, stated in his complaint with the Cybercrime police that in May, he was added to a group on messaging application. “He was promised 30% profit on investments in share market and 100% profit in IPOs,” an officer said. “Between June 21 and July 19, the victim transferred Rs 67.
58 lakh to different bank accounts provided to him. The victim could see in the app that he had earned a profit of Rs 1.26 crore on his investments,” the officer said.
He said when the victim tried to withdraw Rs 70 lakh, he was not allowed. “He became suspicious when the group admins avoided his calls,” he said. Similarly, a Bavdhan resident (60), who works with a private firm, lost Rs 54 lakh to the crooks between May and June this year.
Assistant inspector Somnath Panchal of the Hinjewadi police said the crooks made him transfer amounts to different bank accounts and duped him of Rs 54 lakh. An MNC official (43) in Koregaon Bhima also lost Rs 12.68 lakh in similar fraud to the crooks between June 18 and July 9.
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