A 52-year-old high court lawyer was cyber-frauded to the tune of one and a half crore rupees by pretending to make a good profit by buying and selling shares, and the cyber police registered a case under the Information Technology Prevention Act in this regard. The accused are being traced with the help of bank transactions.
The complainant is a resident of Khar and was lured on July 13, 2024 to make a good profit by buying and selling shares. He was added to a WhatsApp group created in the name of Security. According to the police complaint, after the lawyer clicked on the link provided, he was added to the VIP WhatsApp group. Investment advice was given in it. Lawyer initially invested small sums and noticed that he was getting benefits.
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After gaining the complainant's trust, the fraudsters tricked him into installing an app called BVE. After that, the lawyer started investing in the stock market through that app, police sources said. The customer service assistant was helping him with investments and guiding him to deposit money in different bank accounts for investments. Gradually the lawyer invested 1 crore 58 lakh rupees. In the app, he seems to have made a profit of 4 crore rupees. He then tried to withdraw the money, however he was not able to do the same. When he contacted the service executive, he said that the amount would be transferred after tax was paid. Even after paying the tax, the lawyer could not withdraw the amount. Following which, he was removed from the WhatsApp group.
Eventually the complainant lawyer realised that he had been cheated. He immediately rushed to the police. In this regard, the Western Regional Cyber Police have recently registered a case under the Prevention of Information Technology Act and the members of the cheating cyber gang are being searched.
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