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Mumbai: A woman residing in Vile Parle (E) with a Chartered Account (CA) of Rs. Recently a fraud of Rs 34.70 lakh was revealed. In this incident, the fraudsters, posing as Mumbai Police officers, told the female CA that her bank account and number were used to embezzle crores of rupees in a money laundering case related to Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal. Along with this, CA had transferred the amount to various bank accounts under the threat of arrest.
The police had registered an FIR in this matter last week after a 34-year-old woman lodged a complaint. According to the police, on March 10, the woman received a call from an unknown number. The caller introduced himself as an official of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and started talking by giving his name, address and Aadhaar card information. He told the CA that there has been a complaint of harassment by calling him from his registered number and a case has been registered in Chunabhatti police station. Therefore, the CA was requested to immediately reach Chunabhatti police station. CAA rejected all these allegations. The caller asked him to join the Skype call.
Soon CA received a video call on Skype. In which the logo of Mumbai Police was also visible. When he received the call, an officer in police uniform said that he was a sub-inspector of Chunabhatti police station, obscene messages and videos were being sent to people from his SIM card number, due to which people got upset and complained. The official further said that a government bank account has been opened in his name and has been used to deposit money laundered belonging to Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal. Even at this time the CA made it clear that it had no role in this matter.
After this the CA was asked to contact CBI on Skype itself and given some details. From the front of CAA call, a woman CBI officer called and sent a link asking her to check the details of her case on the Supreme Court website. When CAA searched for him, a non-bailable warrant of ED was found against him. A police officer said it was a fake website of the Supreme Court, but the CA fell into the scam and paid the first Rs. Broken FD worth Rs 20.70 lakh and saved Rs 20 lakh from 14 lakh other banks. The fraudsters sent Rs 34.70 lakh to various accounts. After this, the matter of fraud came to light and a complaint was lodged with the police.