88 lakhs snatched from businessman by posing as fake CBI officer

Palwal, 24 October (HIST). In Palwal, a case has come to light in which a thug, posing as a CBI officer, grabbed Rs 88 lakh from a businessman. The thugs, under the threat of arrest for money laundering, digitally arrested him for several hours and got the amount transferred in the name of investigation. Cyber ​​Crime Station Police has registered a case of fraud on the complaint of the businessman and started investigation.

According to the information, Anil Kumar, resident of New Colony Palwal, has said in the complaint given to the police that he does door frame business in the name of Suthar Enterprises. For business purposes he keeps coming and going to different cities of Haryana. On October 19, he received calls from various numbers on his WhatsApp. The caller introduced himself as a CBI officer.

He shared the notices of CBI and RBI with them on WhatsApp. He was told that several accounts have been opened by him (the victim) in HDFC Bank and money laundering is being done through these. This is a matter of national security. The man, claiming to be a CBI officer, was on a video call and threatened her not to disconnect the call or tell anyone else, otherwise she could face seven years of imprisonment.

The accused also threatened to arrest his parents and wife. When he got scared, the accused said that all the money in his bank accounts would be checked. For this, this amount will have to be transferred to their (accused) bank accounts, the money will be returned after investigation. He fell into their trap and transferred Rs 88 lakh in his bank accounts through RTGS to the accounts mentioned by the accused. After this, the accused again kept the victim on video call for the next 72 hours and then demanded Rs 15 lakh more in the name of preparing the file for bail. After this, when the victim disconnected the phone and talked to his relatives, he came to know that it was a cyber arrest scam.

Giving information on Thursday, cyber crime station in-charge Naveen Kumar said that on the complaint of Anil Kumar, a case has been registered against unknown cyber thugs and investigation has been started. Police say that the matter is being investigated and soon the accused will be traced and arrested.