Rohtak resident loses Rs 12.35L in online fraud

Rohtak, February 28

Akshay, a resident of Patel Nagar in Rohtak, has been defrauded of Rs 12.35 lakh by online fraudsters on the pretext of getting his money invested in share market. The police have registered a case on the basis of his complaint.

The complainant said he had come across the advertisement of an investment scheme on Instagram and joined a Telegram group by clicking on a link provided by the advertiser.

He also joined a WhatsApp group, on which he was told about the share-market investment scheme. “I was told to download a mobile application. I sent money through online transactions for investing different companies suggested by them. However, when I tried to withdraw some amount from my account created on the application, it could not be done. I urged them to return my principal amount but they demanded more money for that. Ultimately, I realised that I have been defrauded of Rs 12.35 lakh by the fraudsters,” Akshay said.

An FIR under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered at the Cyber Crime police station.

Foreign national held in another case

The police have arrested a foreign national for defrauding a Rohtak-based PGIMS official of Rs 19.5 lakh on the pretext of winning a ‘Google Global Award’ having a cash prize of Rs 1 crore.

Cyber police station SHO Rajeev Kumar said a case had been registered on the basis of complaint lodged by Ramesh Chand.

As per the complainant, he had received an e-mail informing him that he had won the said award. He was asked to send money to facilitate the international transfer of funds to get RBI and Finance Ministry approval.

In all, the PGIMS official was defrauded of Rs 19.5 lakh. The police have arrested the foreigner, one Ameka Collins who was residing in Delhi.