Woman posed as TV producer to dupe people on pretext of jobs

A 33yearold woman was arrested for allegedly cheating people using a fake Facebook account The accused identified as Y Sreelatha 33 created a fake Facebook account in the name of Sridevi Tummala Producer Director at ETV Channel and causing damage to the reputation of the organization and also cheating the innocent people said a police release released on SundayRachakonda A woman Y Sreelatha arrested on charges of creating a fake Facebook account in the name of ldquoSridevi Tummalardquo Producer Director at ETV Channel causing damage to the reputation of the organization and for cheating innocent people Telangana pictwittercomQj5uNpINawmdash ANI ANI June 23 2019A case was registered following the complaint of BVR Murthy Chief Manager Operations Eenadu Television Private Limited under section 419 punishment for cheating by personation 420 cheating and section 66 C and 66 D of the Information Technology Act Sreelatha was apprehended by the Cyber Crime sleuths in BangaloreShe admitted that she regularly watches the Telugu serials and got impressed on the Telugu TV artists Nishama Sirisha Karuna and others While she was watching TV serial in July2018 she saw the name of Sridevi Tummala as a producer of ETV Telugu She got an idea of opening a Facebook Account in the name of Sridevi Tummala and interact with the aspirants who want to become TV and movie artists and used to collect money from them and lead a luxurious life the release statedAccording to the Police Y Sreelatha used to interact with aspirants and collect money on the promise of providing them roles in movies and television serials Telangana httpstcoGCNLgezPI1mdash ANI ANI June 23 2019She opened a Facebook account in the name of Sridevi Tummala in the month of July2018 and sent friend requests to TV artists Nishama Sirisha Karuna and others and used to chat with them regularly impersonating as actual Producer Sridevi Tummala it addedAlso ReadMan develops fake website on Narendra Modis name to dupe peopleThe police stated that when aspiring artists contacted the accused on Facebook she induced them of providing a chance in the TVMovies and took money from them through online bank transfer In September 2018 she lured one artist Vamshi promising to give chance in TV serials and made him deposited an amount of Rs 50000 to her Indian Bank account the release readThe accused also allegedly cheated a man and duped him off Rs 6 lakh She sent a friend request to one Kranthi Kumar of Manikonda and developed a close friendship with him by way of chatting through Facebook and sending photos of some other woman He believed and fell in love by seeing the picture of some other posted by her Taking this as an advantage she collected an amount of Rs 600000 and got deposited in her Indian bank account at different times the release said According to the Rachakonda police Sreelatha was also arrested in March 2017 by Hyderabad Cyber Crime police for allegedly committing matrimonial fraudWith inputs from 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