A  Mother-daughter duo was arrested by Mumbai Cyber Cell (North) for allegedly cheating a Borivli resident to the tune of Rs 1.3 crore. The accused had allegedly been extracting money from the victim by gaining sympathy, saying they needed money for treatment and funeral of family members due to COVID-19, said sources.

The victim, a 59-year-old, works in a multinational company and had met a 46-year-old through social media around six months ago and got close. After the accused found out that the complainant was working for a multinational company, she started telling him sad stories to gain sympathy. She said she needed money to arrange for the funeral of her husband who passed away due to COVID. She had also taken money from him for hospitalisation and death of her elder daughter and relatives.