Mumbai:
An official said on Tuesday that the Mumbai Police arrested three persons for providing their bank accounts to cyber fraudsters, who cheated more than Rs 61 lakh share trading professional by promising attractive returns on investment.
The North Regional Cyber Police busted the racket and arrested the trio, which was identified as Lache Shopi, Bhimbahadur Pradhan and Ramesh Kumar Abhimanyu.
He said that the three provided their bank accounts to cyber fraudsters, who would use them to get them out of money.
The complainant in the case, Sunilkumar Sajjankumar Mishra (51), was added to the WhatsApp group through an unknown number last year. The group acted like an online stock market coaching platform, he said.
Mishra invested Rs 61.31 lakh as he was promised 30 percent returns. Later, when he approached the customer care number, he was informed that 21 percent tax payment was required to withdraw the amount.
Finding this suspect, Mishra refused to pay the tax. However, he failed to receive the invested amount.
On the basis of technical surveillance and investigation, the police identified and detained the three accused, the official said, the police suspect that a large network of cyber criminals was involved in similar investment fraud.
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