Delhi Police nabs cyber fraudster from Raipur over fake ads
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police North East District Dr Joy Tirkey, he also used to provide fake invoices in the name of a Raipur based reputed firm.
An ex-serviceman from Bhubaneswar has fallen prey to cyber fraud, losing Rs 95 lakh hard-earned savings.
The fraud victim Subash Ch. Nanda, a retired defence employee, had a Max Life Insurance policy from 2011 which matured in 2015 with a maturity value of Rs. 6 lakh.
Prior to maturity, he received proposals from unknown persons impersonating themselves as employees of National Payment Corpn of India, Income Tax Department to avail bonus. Duped by the glib-talking fraudsters, Nanda allegedly transferred a number of rupees of about 95 lakh in total to different accounts on different dates.
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After realizing that he had been taken for a ride, he lodged a report at Cyber Police Station at Crime Branch headquarters.
A case under IPC sections 419/420/465/468/471/120-B/34 and 66c & 66-d of the Information Technology Act has been registered in this connection. The investigation is underway to identify and book the cybercriminals at the earliest said officials.
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