Pune: The cyber cell of the Pimpri Chinchwad police on Monday arrested a 24-year-old man from Ulhasnagar for using the bank account for a person with learning disability for committing online investment fraud of over Rs 20 lakh. According to police, the crime was committed between April and June this year wherein a 42-year-old Kiwale resident lost his money. “The accused, Ajaykumar Arya, was operating three such accounts.
He later withdrew money from these accounts and gave it to his two handlers,” assistant inspector Pravin Swami of the cyber crime cell told TOI. As per the complaint, the accused contacted him on a social media platform and offered lucrative returns for investing money in stocks through their application. “The complainant fell into the trap and downloaded a mobile application on his phone.
He then invested Rs17.4 lakh through this app. In May, the complainant downloaded another application and invested around Rs 2.
8 lakh,” Swami said. “The victim in total invested Rs 20.2 lakh through the two apps,” the officer added.
During investigation it was found that Rs 3.5 lakh in this fraud were transferred to a bank account in Thane. “We traced the account holder and upon questioning, he revealed Arya was operating his bank account,” the officer said.
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