Mangaluru woman loses Rs 19 lakh in cyber fraud; CEN Crime Police file case
Mangaluru: A 37-year-old woman is reported to have lost Rs 19.06 lakh in an incident of online fraud, where she downloaded a mobile phone application and invested money through it for two years.
Mangaluru CEN Crime Police have filed a case and are investigating the matter.
The woman, on receiving a message with an advertisement for investment opportunities, is said to have searched for the website and downloaded an APK file from there. She registered through the application and provided details related to her bank account. The application reportedly provided her with details about various companies, which prompted her to invest her money.
The application is learned to have asked for Rs 1 lakh as minimum investment, but did not set a maximum limit of investment. The woman went by the rules and investment up to Rs 19.06 lakh in phases, starting January 2024.
As she received partial returns of maximum Rs 1 lakh till January this year, the woman trusted the application further, as regards investment. Later, however, she reportedly found her bank account to be blocked.
On enquiring with the bank, she realized that she had been duped of her money and approached Mangaluru CEN Crime Police, who registered a case based on her complaint and are probing the incident.
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Adityanath meets Singapore Deputy PM; assures investors of biz-focussed policies in UP
Singapore/Lucknow (PTI): Uttar Pradesh is ready with land bank, business-focused policies and safety and security, Chief Minister Adityanath told investors in Singapore on Tuesday on a day he met the country's top leaders, including Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong.
On the second day of his official visit to Singapore, Adityanath met the country's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry Gan Kim Yong, and Coordinating Minister for National Security and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam, official sources said here.
Held in the presence of a high-level delegation, the discussions focused on leveraging Singapore's expertise in urban planning, internal security architecture and digital governance to help Uttar Pradesh achieve the target of becoming a one-trillion-dollar economy.
During talks with Gan Kim Yong, the chief minister emphasised on UP's pro-business environment and highlighted the state's vast land bank and improved connectivity expected from after the Noida International Airport becomes operational.
The meeting also explored the possibility of Singaporean companies establishing industrial townships in the Delhi-NCR, with particular focus on semiconductor manufacturing and green hydrogen modules.
During his interaction with K Shanmugam, Adityanath discussed modernisation of the state's law and order framework, with emphasis on Singapore's technology-integrated policing model and disaster management protocols.
Speaking to investors, Adityanath listed infrastructure, logistics, MROs among other projects in the pipeline in the state, and said he held more than 100 meetings with the business community during his visit to Singapore.
The UP CM also noted that Singapore investors were committed to a large number of projects in India and UP, including the Ganga Expressway.
Business leaders Adityanath met included CEO and chairpersons of Temasek, Government Investment Corp (GIC), Singapore Airport Terminal Services, and Blackstone.
