38-year-old techie loses Rs 5.21 lakh to crypto fraud | Pune News
PUNE: The Airport police are investigating a case against three persons, who are accused of cheating a techie (38) of Rs5.21 lakh by promising him handsome returns on investment in a digital currency. The cheating took place between January 1 and 15.
Senior inspector Vilas Sonde of the Airport police told TOI, “The techie realised he had been cheated after learning that the digital coin was fake and not registered. He also realised that the website of the digital coin was manipulated.”
The techie uses an internet-based messaging service and someone added him to a group. The group members discussed profit on investment continuously, different cryptocurrencies and their investment plans.
“The techie got attracted to this and called one of the members, who regularly posted updates on profits. The group member then asked him to create an online account for the cryptocurrency and sent him a few bank account numbers,” Sonde said.
“Following this, the techie received a call from a woman and she asked him to transfer money to a bank account to buy a cryptocurrency which the techie had never heard of. The techie then executed six transactions to the bank account given to him by the woman. After receiving the money, the woman and members of the group stopped talking to him.On checking the website and digital coin exchange, he found that it was fake and fabricated,” Sonde added.
The victim approached the Airport police on Friday and after verifying the details, a case of cheating was registered on Saturday.
Senior inspector Vilas Sonde of the Airport police told TOI, “The techie realised he had been cheated after learning that the digital coin was fake and not registered. He also realised that the website of the digital coin was manipulated.”
The techie uses an internet-based messaging service and someone added him to a group. The group members discussed profit on investment continuously, different cryptocurrencies and their investment plans.
“The techie got attracted to this and called one of the members, who regularly posted updates on profits. The group member then asked him to create an online account for the cryptocurrency and sent him a few bank account numbers,” Sonde said.
“Following this, the techie received a call from a woman and she asked him to transfer money to a bank account to buy a cryptocurrency which the techie had never heard of. The techie then executed six transactions to the bank account given to him by the woman. After receiving the money, the woman and members of the group stopped talking to him.On checking the website and digital coin exchange, he found that it was fake and fabricated,” Sonde added.
The victim approached the Airport police on Friday and after verifying the details, a case of cheating was registered on Saturday.
