Navy officer arrested for Rs 22 lakh cyber fraud

Mumbai: A cyber fraud of Rs 22 lakh of a naval officer in the name of share trading has come to light and there has been an increase in such fraud cases in the last few months. The South Regional Cyber Police have registered a case and arrested the accused, a resident of Santacruz, with the help of bank account transactions.

The complainant is a naval officer posted at Karanja. He saw an advertisement on social media. Click on the advertisement link. They were then added to a WhatsApp group in the name of a company. Share trading information was being provided on that group. In May, the accused contacted them by the names of Avinash Sharma, Karan Modi and Akshata. The complainant was sent a message asking him to download an app for trading.

After downloading the app, you will receive a notification (KYC). A woman asked him to give her money. Accordingly, the amount was transferred to the complainant's bank account. After sending the amount, they seemed to have made a profit on the shares purchased. After the incident, the woman asked the complainant to leave the group and join another group. As per the instructions given by the woman, the complainant deposited a total of Rs 22 lakh 91 thousand in the app.

After investing the money, he requested the woman to withdraw the accumulated profit. She went to the app and told how to make a profit. He has made a profit twice. They saw a good profit on the app. The complainant asked the company to transfer the rest of the money to his account by charging a fee. They were asked to pay more. Following this, the Cyberabad police registered a complaint in this regard.

During the investigation, the police found that Rs five lakh was deposited in the bank account of a person named Shoaib Alex Anthony. On checking, it was found that the bank account was being used by a person named Maman Munshi. He was finally arrested from Santacruz. Rs five lakh has been recovered from the accused. It is being investigated.