MUMBAI: The North Region Cyber police
arrested a 40-year-old cyber conman
who duped an
HR manager
working with a multi-national company of
Rs 25 lakh
.
The accused, who hailed from Rajasthan, lured the woman into buying gold at a much cheaper price. The victim transferred the money to account numbers given by the accused.
The police arrested Nitesh Bansal. “We are interrogating the accused,” said DCP Dr Rashmi Karandikar. On July 7, the victim received a call from
Dr Nitesh Bansal
, who introduced himself as CEO of Maney export and import company. “The caller told the victim that his business was registered with government of India and he had a license for export and import in gold. He sent her copies of his business license and other documets and gained her trust and lured her into investing,” said an officer.
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Read MoreMateen Hafeez, special correspondent at The Times of India in Mumbai, reports on terrorism, underworld, cybercrime and organized crime syndicates. He also writes about the jails in Maharashtra and focuses on human interest stories. He has covered the Ghatkopar bomb blast, Vile Parle bomb blast, Mulund train blast, train serial blasts in 2006, 26/11 terror attacks and Pune's German Bakery bomb blast. He has a special interest in Urdu fiction written by Ibn-e-Safi.
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