The South East Division Cyber Crime Police on Monday arrested a gang of six people, including a 23-year-old woman, on the charge of defrauding the accountant of a private firm of Rs 56 lakh on November 6.
Accused Grishma Reddy, who is a Chartered Accountant (CA), is also working as an assistant director and script writer for a Telugu film, and his accomplices N Dinesh, 24, VA Pawan Kumar, 24, also CA, Sharath MS, 23. , N. Sai Kumar, 22, b. Less a graduate and a cab driver, and Yenumala, 32, a pre-university dropout working as an assistant director on a Telugu film.
According to the police, the accused informed the victim, Vasudha Meghshyam Dighole, that he used the company’s logo and name in the display picture, saying that he was the managing director of the company, and transferred Rs 56 lakh as project advance deposit. Account number.
The complainant tried calling the MD to confirm, but could not reach him and got a message that he was busy in a meeting. After transferring the money, he called the MD to confirm and found out it was a cyber fraud. Based on the complaint, the police traced the accused through the money trail and arrested the taxi driver Sai Kumar to whom the money was transferred. According to the police, the accused withdrew the money and bought crypto currency in cash and sold it at a higher price through a mobile app.
Based on the statement, the police arrested the rest of the accused and recovered mobile phones, cars and cash 56,600 from them. The police have also frozen the bank account used by the accused to deposit Rs 5 lakh. After knowing that they had committed a similar crime, the police arrested three accused.
published – December 25, 2024 at 12:06 pm IST