Web Trap Pune: Cybercrooks impersonating Delhi police officials forced a 73-year-old resident of Pashan to transfer Rs 45 lakh between Sept 7 and 11 to avoid prosecution in a money laundering case. The elderly victim is a retired manager from a corporate firm. He reported the fraud to Pune cybercrime police.
After verification, the Baner police registered an FIR on Tuesday. Inspector Rani Puri of the Baner police said, "The crooks called the victim on Sept 7 and claimed that they were from Delhi police. They said that victim's name had surfaced in a financial fraud and money laundering case.
The victim was alone at home as his family members were travelling out of Pune at the time. The crooks cited a fictitious case number and other details. They later made a video call to the victim and repeatedly threatened him with arrest and prosecution in the case.
" Puri said, "The crooks then offered to hush up the case by asking the victim to transfer money and shared six different bank accounts with him. They told him that he can avoid arrest and prosecution by transferring money to these accounts. The senior citizen kept transferring money until Sept 11 before realising that he was being duped.
" Similar con in Sadashiv Peth In another such incident, an 84-year-old resident of Sadashiv Peth transferred Rs 25.40 lakh to online fraudsters, who threatened to arrest him in a money laundering case as well, between Sept 14 and 26. The elderly man lodged a complaint with the Parvati police o.
