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A case of cheating of Rs 4.47 crore from a female doctor from Delhi by posing as an officer of Maharashtra Narcotics Department has come to light. The fraudsters posing as officers of the Maharashtra Narcotics Department threatened to take action, claiming to have money from the drug trade. After receiving the complaint, the Special Cell of Delhi Police has registered a case. Five police teams are engaged in identifying the accused.
The fraudsters talked about confiscating the parcel
Dr. Poonam Rajput, 65, a doctor by profession, told in her complaint that she received a call at 10:39 am on May 5. The caller introduced himself as an employee of FedEx Company. He told that your parcel has been seized. The parcel contained his passport, bank documents, two pairs of shoes, 140 grams of MDMA drugs. He claimed that the parcel was booked from Mumbai to Taiwan on April 21 with a credit card for Rs 25,000. The doctor told that he has booked it. On this, the caller asked him to lodge a complaint at the Andheri police station.
Woman threatened with arrest
He transferred the call to an inspector, Smita Patil. The inspector asked them to file a complaint online. Also asked to download Skype app. After that Inspector Patil connected with the victim on Skype ID. The call came from a Skype profile named Mumbai Andheri East Cybercrime. Asked the lady doctor to give her statement. Also, the victim was told that 23 bank accounts have been opened in Mumbai on her Aadhaar card. Money laundering is suspected. The lady inspector threatened to arrest them.
The incident was executed from Mumbai
After that the fraudsters asked to give information and screen shot of money in the bank account. The scared lady doctor kept giving all the information. They asked to break the fixed deposit. The doctor broke the fixed deposit of 1.15 crores. After this, a person talking to the doctor claiming to be the Deputy Commissioner of Police. The doctor was asked to fill the RTGS form. After that, the person who told the official of Reserve Bank also connected with the female doctor on the new Skype ID. He said that the money deposited in his account is of crime and needs to be transferred to the RBI account. The amount will be refunded after verification. For this, a complaint was also sent to the doctor on the letter head of the Mumbai Police. He also had a letter from RBI with him. In which the money was to be sent to which account. Then the doctor sent Rs 4.47 crore. After receiving the money, the fraudsters asked to wait for the verification report. After waiting for a long time, the victim complained to the police.