WhatsApp hacked, text to CFO: How ex-PM’s son, a former MP, lost ₹7.68 crore to cyber fraud
Naresh Gujral, son of former prime minister IK Gujral, was defrauded of ₹7.68 crores by scammers who impersonated him and tricked his company’s chief finance officer (CFO) into transferring the massive amount through at least four real-time gross settlement (RTGS) transactions last week. On June 12, CFO of Naresh’s company allegedly received a WhatsApp message from a number with Naresh’s profile picture. (Representative Image) After he filed a complaint, the case was handed to the Delhi Police’s special cyber crime investigation unit, Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO), which has claimed to have frozen ₹4.28 crore of the total amount so far, HT reported earlier. “On the complaint of Naresh Gujral, an FIR was registered on June 16. Immediate action was taken and an amount of ₹4.28 crore out of the total defrauded amount of ₹7.68 crore has been marked as lien/hold in various banks. Efforts are being made to apprehend the persons involved in the fraud,” deputy commissioner of police (IFSO) Vinit Kumar told HT. Also read: ‘Desperate Trump used all kinds of leverage’: …





