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Cyber fraudsters posing arsenic Mumbai Crime Branch officials allegedly cheated a 76-year-old Bengaluru nonmigratory of implicit ₹16.24 lakh by threatening him with fake transgression cases and staging a fake virtual tribunal proceeding.
Based connected the complaint, the South East Division Cyber Crime Police registered a lawsuit connected Saturday nether applicable sections of the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
The complainant, a nonmigratory of Pai Layout, stated that connected February 16, 2026, helium received a WhatsApp telephone from a idiosyncratic who introduced himself arsenic Rakesh Gupta and claimed to beryllium an serviceman from the Mumbai Crime Branch.
According to the complaint, the caller alleged that a mobile fig obtained utilizing the victim’s individuality was being utilized to circulate amerciable and obscene messages and that aggregate complaints had been registered against him. The fraudsters allegedly kept the aged antheral nether changeless intelligence unit and intimidation.
A fewer days later, different idiosyncratic contacted the victim, introducing himself arsenic Vijay Khanna. He allegedly claimed that the complainant’s slope relationship had been utilized successful a wealth laundering lawsuit involving transactions worthy ₹2 crore to ₹3 crore and directed him to look earlier the Mumbai constabulary for investigation. When the unfortunate expressed an inability to question owed to his property and wellness condition, the fraudsters allegedly told him that helium could look earlier a “Crime Branch Court” done an online hearing.
During a WhatsApp video call, different accused posing arsenic a justice conducted what appeared to beryllium a fake tribunal proceeding and threatened the unfortunate with arrest, portion falsely assuring him that helium would beryllium granted bail, considering his age. The constabulary said the accused continued to mentally harass and frighten the unfortunate for respective days, making him judge that an authoritative probe was nether way.
The fraudsters aboriginal convinced the complainant that each his wealth had to beryllium transferred temporarily for “verification” purposes and assured him that the magnitude would beryllium returned erstwhile the probe was completed. Believing the claims and acting retired of fear, the unfortunate allegedly transferred ₹16,24,107 successful aggregate transactions done RTGS and IMPS to slope accounts provided by the accused.
After realising helium had been cheated, the unfortunate approached the constabulary seeking ineligible enactment against the fraudsters. Further probe is nether way. The unfortunate discussed his ordeal with his household members and friends, who suggested that helium attack the police.
