Man arrested from Mumbai for Rs 1.3-crore fraud

A team of the Cyber Crime Police Station here has arrested a man from Mumbai in connection with an impersonation fraud in which the victim was duped of Rs 1.3 crore. The accused has been identified as Joshua Oscar Nevis.

An FIR was registered on April 20. The complainant had received a WhatsApp message from an unknown number. The sender, posing as his employer, persuaded him to transfer Rs 1.3 crore as advance payment for a project. The amount was transferred to an ICICI Bank account in Nevis’s name

A police team conducted a raid in Mumbai on August 13 and arrested Nevis. During questioning, he revealed that he had shared his bank account documents, cheque book, debit card and registered SIM with individuals he had met through Telegram.