Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Sept 30: Crime Branch Kashmir, Srinagar registered a fraud case and Information Technology Act against non-local cheaters for commission of a fraud through Face book and duping a person of Rs 83 lakh.
According to the details, Crime Branch Kashmir received a complaint, from one resident of Kreeri Baramulla which inter-alia revealed that he had developed friendship through facebook with a person by the name of Rose Darbo. The said facebook friend told him that she wanted to transfer funds to his Bank account from her Bank A/C maintained in RABO Bank International Pvt. Ltd London, for poor and needy people of Kashmir. The complainant was asked to transfer Rs 83 lakh on account of different charges, into different A/C Nos. The complainant transferred the said amount, into different Bank accounts but not a single penny was transferred back into his Bank Account. Consequently, a preliminary verification was initiated at Crime Branch Kashmir.
The said Face-book friend under the garb of different charges/duties for transferring of that amount into bank account of complainant, induced him to deposit/transfer an amount of Rs. 1,16,232, Rs. 2.10 lakh, Rs. 12.0 lakh, Rs 3.0 lakh, 3.0 lakh, Rs. 6.0 lakh, Rs. 1.70 lakh, Rs. 2,35,000 Rs 1,90,000 and Rs 45,000, Rs 2.0 lakh, Rs 7.0 lakh, Rs 76000, Rs 1.0 lakh in different A/C No's maintained in different names in various Banks across India. But in lieu of that nothing was transferred in to the bank account of the complainant, in this manner an amount of Rs. 83 lakh was grabbed in a fraudulent and dishonest manner.
A case under section 420 RPC, 66-D Information Technology Act against non-local cheaters registered. |
