An online fraudster who came in contact with a 45 year old woman, working with a corporate company, through a matrimonial site, later duped her to the tune of Rs 3.16 crores by showing false promises of marrying her.
The victim woman has lodged the first information report (FIR) in this case at the Cyber police station of the Pimpri Chinchwad police.
As per the press release issued by the police, the woman residing in Wakad area came in contact with the fraudster through a well known matrimonial website in June 2023. He claimed to be a businessman working abroad and developed an online conversation with her. Later, the fraudster promised to marry her.
But then he started demanding money from her for solving financial problems in his business. He again demanded money from her for regularizing his bank account in Dubai. A person, who is believed to be an accomplice of the fraudster, posed as manager of this bank in Dubai and spoke to the victim woman over phone.
The woman kept transferring money into multiple bank accounts as per his instructions. But he continued to demand money for medical treatment, repaying his loans, customs clearance and charges for his journey from Dubai to Delhi.
He also asked the woman to give him money for his journey from Venezuela to Dubai.
During this period, a female accomplice of the fraudster, posing as a bank official from Venezuela, spoke to the victim woman over phone. The fraudster then told the victim that he had been detained by authorities at the Istanbul Airport in Turkey and asked her to transfer more money for his release. A person posing as immigration officer spoke to the victim over the phone, to make her believe that the fiance is actually facing legal action.
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Senior police inspector Ravikiran Nale, the investigation officer of this case said that between July 1, 2023 to September 9, 2024, the complainant woman transferred a total of Rs 3,16,78,113 into different bank accounts, through more than 200 online transactions.
“Complainant works with a private company. She not only gave her savings, but also took loans and financial help from others for helping the fraudster as he promised to marry her,” said Nale.
After receiving a complaint from the victim, police initiated a probe into this case and have booked the fraudster, his aides, as well as holders of all the bank accounts used for the crime in this case, under sections 318(4), 316(2),3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and sections of the Information Technology Act.
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