Thane, Oct 31 A 70-year-old man from Bhiwandi in Thane district was cheated of Rs 1.29 crore by cyber criminals who promised high profits on share investments, a police official said on Saturday.
The man was cheated after being added to a Whatsapp group called ‘Finsol-Wings of Education Campaign 108 o A5 Vision Circle’ between July 10 and October 30 this year and then persuaded to download an online trading application named ‘FINSOL’, the official said.
“Lured by the promise of lucrative returns, the senior citizen transferred Rs 1,29,96,593 from various bank accounts into the platform. However, when he tried to withdraw accumulated funds, he was asked to deposit a further Rs 20 lakh. He lodged a complaint after failing to get his money back,” the official said.
A case was registered on his complaint at the Cyber police station in Thane against the beneficiary bank account holders, the creators of the FINSOL online trading app, the administrators of the Whatsapp group, as well as advertisers and financial service providers, he said.
The accused named in the FIR include Ananya Kulkarni, Gul Tekchandani, and multiple WhatsApp group administrators operating through various mobile numbers, the official said.
No arrest has been made in the case so far, he said.
(PTI News)
