A case was registered in opposition to the fraudsters after an inquiry into the grievance. (Representational)
Jammu:
An Military officer in Jammu was duped of Rs 1.41 crore by 5 folks posing as Union Finance Ministry officers, the Crime Department stated on Saturday.
The five-member gang of cyber fraudsters lured the officer into investing in a Canadian-based fund firm with assured return of Rs 10 crore on the time of maturity 16 years later, it stated.
A case was registered in opposition to the fraudsters after an inquiry into the grievance of the officer prima facie established that he was duped of the large sum of money, it stated in an announcement.
The accused have been recognized as Vivek Kumar, Shyam Pal and Pushpendar, all residents of Uttar Pradesh, and Jagdish Chander Sharma and Jaikant Kumar, each of Delhi.
In his written grievance, Lt Col Sardar Singh Smotra of Gandhi Nagar space of Jammu stated the accused posed as officers of the Union Ministry of Finance and lured him to put money into a Canadian IPO (Preliminary Public Supply) Funding plan to get Rs 10 crore as return after 16 years maturity interval.
Lt Col Singh stated the accused individuals by no means met him however communicated telephonically and induced him to switch his cash in installments into their accounts by means of the RTGS.
“The whole quantity transferred by him into the accounts of those fraudsters is Rs 1.41 cr,” the crime department stated.
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