Israeli national duped of Rs 2 lakh in Bengaluru by cybercriminals posing as FedEx staff, Mumbai cop
Bengaluru: A 39-year-old Israeli national, residing on Millers Road, fell victim to a cyber fraud, losing nearly Rs 2 lakh after being deceived by a group of individuals posing as FedEx employees and Mumbai police officers.
The victim, an entrepreneur in the performance and health intelligence sector, received a call on August 27 from an individual who introduced himself as Akash, a FedEx Mumbai executive. Akash claimed that a parcel sent under the Israeli national's name to Iran contained suspicious items, including expired passports, a laptop, a pen drive, four credit cards, 3kg of toys, and 420 grams of MDMA.
The fraudsters alleged that a case had been registered against the entrepreneur at the Mumbai Cybercrime Station. The call was then transferred to a supposed senior police officer who informed the victim that his PAN was being used to open bank accounts involved in money laundering and that he would be arrested soon.
The victim was instructed to stay home and avoid informing anyone, including his family and the police.
During a subsequent Skype call, the scammer, dressed in a khaki uniform and displaying an ID card, claimed that a virtual investigation had been initiated. The victim was then coerced into transferring Rs 98,888 twice to two different accounts under the pretense that the money was required for verification by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and would be returned afterward.
When the fraudsters demanded more money, the entrepreneur grew suspicious and refused to comply, leading the scammers to disconnect the call. The victim lodged a police complaint the next day.
Police are currently working to recover the funds from the fraudsters' bank accounts.
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MP: Woman, lover conspire to get husband killed; police looking for contract killer
Dhar (MP) (PTI): A 25-year-old woman and her lover have been arrested in the district for allegedly conspiring to kill her husband by hiring a contract killer, police said on Thursday.
The case was solved within 36 hours of the murder though the woman initially tried to mislead the police by claiming that robbers killed her husband, an official said.
Dev Krishna Purohit (28) was stabbed to death on the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday at his house in Gondikheda Charan village, about 60 km from here.
Superintendent of Police Mayank Awasthi told reporters that accused Priyanka Purohit (25) was married to Dev Krishna when she was around 15 years old. Priyanka moved to her matrimonial home after attaining adulthood but was unwilling to live with her husband, leading to frequent disputes between them.
During investigation, it emerged that she was in a relationship with Kamlesh (32), the SP said.
The duo allegedly hatched a plan to kill Dev Krishna and hired a man identified as Surendra for Rs 1 lakh do the job, he said
After Dev Krishna was killed, Priyanka told police that unidentified persons broke into the house, attacked her husband with a sharp weapon while holding her captive in another room, and fled with valuables.
But the inconsistencies in her statements raised suspicion, and eventually she confessed to hatching the murder conspiracy, the SP said.
While she and Kamlesh were arrested, police are looking for the contract killer, the official added.
