Pune: Three people, including a 43-year-old medical practitioner , collectively lost Rs 64 lakh in separate cases of online share trading frauds . Separate cases have been registered with the cyber police and the Chatushrungi police. The medical practitioner from Marketyard stated in her complaint registered with the cyber police that in April this year, she was added to an online group.
"The woman told us that she was promised handsome returns on her investments in the shares. She transferred Rs 26.40 lakh to different bank accounts numbers between April and May”, the officer said.
After realising that she was being duped, the woman stopped responding to them and approached the police. A similar case occured with a 58-year-old private company employee from Khadakwasla who lost Rs 24 lakh between March and May this year. The third fraud victim is a 36-year-old resident of Baner, who was duped of Rs 14.
59 lakh. The crooks offered him 500 percent profit on investments. They took money in different bank accounts between April and May.
TNN We also published the following articles recently Retired banker duped of 39 lakh in online fraud A retired bank officer from Indore was duped of Rs 39.60 lakh by fraudsters who threatened to implicate him in a child trafficking case. They posed as law enforcement officials, monitored him via a video call application, and coerced him into transferring large sums of money.
The incident was reported and investigated by Lasudia police station. Hyderabad crook claims Aadhaar linked to Dawood Ibrahim's aide, dupes 60-year-old A 60-year-old government employee in Hyderabad was defrauded of 21 lakh by cyber criminals claiming to be from the RBI. The fraudsters alleged his Aadhaar card was linked to illegal activities involving terrorism and coerced him into transferring funds under the pretext of investigations by NIA, CBI, and Supreme Court oversight.
Another investment fraud rocks city, 19 people duped of 73 lakh In Pune, 19 people, mostly former servicemen, were allegedly deceived of Rs72.75 lakh in a cryptocurrency investment scheme between January and April 2023. A case was registered against five individuals from Nashik, Mumbai, and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, who posed as traders and promised high returns.
Police investigations are ongoing, and the Economic Offences Wing may take over the case..
