Pune: A 54-year-old resident of Hinjewadi recently lost Rs 12.8 lakh in an attempt to recover Rs 2 lakh he had invested in the share market through an online trading application. The fraud occurred between April and May this year following which the victim had filed a complaint application with the cyber crime cell of the Hinjewadi police.
After preliminary probe, the police registered a case on Monday. An officer from the Hinjewadi police station told TOI that the victim, who is working with a private company, informed them that in April his number was added to a group on a mobile messenger app. “The victim was told by the operators of the group that their company collects money from small investors to buy shares of big companies.
The victim was also promised a minimum 30 per cent profit on his investments within a span of four days,” the officer said. “The victim was also told to download a mobile application to monitor the profits made by him. The victim got convinced and invested Rs 2 lakh, and could see that his total investment had gone up to Rs 3 lakh.
The conmen then told the victim that they had invested Rs 9 lakh on his behalf. They told him to transfer Rs 6 lakh more else he would lose his whole investment,” the officer added. The victim then withdrew money from his fixed deposit and transferred Rs 7.
40 lakh. Later, the conmen took additional Rs 1.20 lakh under the pretext of taxes.
“Collectively, the victim transferred Rs 12.8 lakh to different bank acco.