Yogesh K Porwar
A 24-year-old software engineer has filed a complaint with the HAL police that conman posing as Mumbai crime branch policeman cheated with Rs.95,454 and threatened him to foist a money laundering case against him.
Based on the complaint by Pawandeep Singh,resident of Vimanapura,the police have charged the accused under various section of It Act and also under cheating and impersonation for further investigation.
According to Pawandeep,claiming to be officer with Mumbai crime branch called him to inform that his Aadhar card has been used for money laundering .
The caller on the pretext of inquiry started questioning him and even sought his bank account details for verification.
As soon as the account details was shared the accused transferred a total of Rs.95,454 from his account and went incommunicado .
In a similar case,the accused posing as telecom officials and police cheated 72-year-old Divakar, resident of Kundalahalli and made away with Rs.2.5 lakh .
The accused posing as telecom officials called Divakar to inform that his mobile connection will be disconnected soon as he was involved in money laundering case.
Shocked Divakar when tried to reason with him, the accused connected the call to his associate who introduced himself as Police Sub Inspector Sunil Kumar Mehta accusing him as involved in money laundering the accused threatened to arrest Divakar and forced him to transfer the money in his bank account online to another account which was later turned out to a private company in Kanpur.
The HAL police probing both the cases appeals to not to entertain any unknown callers who claimed to be officials and seek personal details
