Retired IB inspector duped of Rs 52.30 lakh in Prayagraj | Retired IB inspector duped of Rs 52.30 lakh in Prayagraj: Fraud committed by posing as Custom Commissioner, CBI officer, threatened to send to jail – Prayagraj (Allahabad) News

Jul 3, 2024 Divya Bharat

A retired IB inspector was duped of Rs 52.30 lakh in Prayagraj. Cyber thugs had collected all the data of the retired policeman. His photo and documents were already there. After this, many people talked to him posing as Custom Commissioner and CBI officer. They told that money laundering and fraud is taking place in the case.

Court, showed documents on fake website of department
The fraudsters even gave the website to the retired IB inspector. He opened an online website to get a copy of the court order. All the orders mentioned on the website were present. The retired IB inspector got scared. He gave all the information including his bank accounts. After this, the fraudsters got Rs 52.30 lakh transferred to several accounts. They themselves transferred from several accounts.
The retired IB inspector who was duped realized after several days that something was wrong. Now the matter has reached the cyber crime police. The team is investigating.

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Srinath, a resident of Colonelganj, is a retired IB inspector. He has given a complaint in the cyber cell that he received continuous calls from several numbers. The caller introduced himself as Sumit Mishra and said that he was the Customs Commissioner. He said that he was present at the Delhi airport. After this, he was told that he has sent a parcel containing some ATM cards and fake passports from Delhi to Kuala Lumpur. When he refused, he gave the phone to his partner and said that CBI officers would talk.
He told his name as Sunil Kumar. He also tried to scare me. When I refused, he asked me to send a photo of my Aadhar card. After this, he sent me a print of the allegations against Srinath on WhatsApp.

Many people talked about becoming officers
Then he was made to talk to a CBI officer Anil Yadav. Anil Yadav said that a case of human trafficking and money laundering was registered against him in Vasant Kunj police station under various sections. In this case, the court has issued an arrest warrant and ordered confiscation of property. When Shrinath said that the allegations were baseless, he was told that he would be sent to jail. On this, the swindlers showed him a court website.
When Srinath checked the website, all the orders were showing against him. He got worried. After this, the fraudster took information about all the property, bank accounts, FDs, mutual funds. Then Anil Yadav got FD of Rs 20 lakh, mutual fund money of Rs 22 lakh 30 thousand and Rs 10 lakh for bail transferred in several installments to different accounts through RTGS.
Later, when Srinath investigated, he found out that he had been duped. He went to the cyber crime police station and filed a complaint. The police have registered a case against the fraudsters on the basis of their names and mobile numbers and are investigating.

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