- More than half a dozen frauds in the name of crypto in the capital within six months
- A fraudster girl made a Rajnandgaon businessman a victim of fraud.
Raipur. Hi-tech fraudsters are committing fraud by luring people of getting various benefits. In a similar case, a girl cheated a businessman of Rajnandgaon of Rs 52 lakh on the pretext of investing money in crypto currency. The girl befriended the businessman on Facebook and after having a meeting with him in a hotel, withdrew money from UPI by sending him a link on WhatsApp. According to the police, businessman Anupam Aggarwal has filed a complaint of fraud.
The businessman has told the police that in June, a SK Monica N. A young woman named him befriended him on Facebook and obtained his mobile number and tricked him into thinking that if he invested money in crypto currency, the amount would double in just a few months. After this, the girl came to Raipur expressing her desire to meet the businessman and held a meeting with him in a hotel and tricked him by giving information about how to double the amount in crypto currency. After this, the girl sent a link to the businessman and added him to her WhatsApp group and made him a victim of fraud by withdrawing Rs 52 lakh from the businessman through UPI.
The people of Mahasamund were cheated on the same pattern.
In the same pattern, a female bank employee of the capital was cheated on the pretext of doubling the amount in three months if she invested money in crypto currency. The bank employee has lodged a complaint regarding this matter at Telibandha police station. The female bank employee has told the police that three people from Mahasamund, Tej Kumar Puri, Sameer Mishra and Satyawati Dubey, came to her and duped her by claiming to be the officer of a marketing company based in Bangalore and after getting her to invest the money a year ago.
Fraud worth crores so far in the name of crypto
The incidents of fraud in the name of crypto currency have increased in the entire country including Chhattisgarh. Within the last six months in the capital, a case has been registered in Telibandha, Mandir Hasaud, Purani Basti police station for fraud of Rs 2 to 3 crore in the name of crypto currency. Apart from online, people are being made victims of fraud through manual contact in the name of crypto. In this case, the police have also arrested some people from Bengaluru a few months ago on charges of cheating in the name of crypto.
