<p>A <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/thane-police-bust-international-racket-of-sim-cards-use-for-cyber-fraud-3-held-23365148" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane police</a> official on Monday said that a 53-year-old woman was cheated of Rs 62.21 lakh after being promised high returns on investment in stocks, reported news agency PTI.</p>
<p>The woman was contacted on her cellphone by an unidentified accused between July 7 and August 3I who lured her into investing the amount with an online trading platform, the Manpada police station official said while sharing an update on <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/thane-man-loses-rs-31-lakh-in-crypto-currency-investment-fraud-23361043" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane investment fraud</a>, reported PTI.</p>
<p>In another case registered at Vishnunagar police station, a man was cheated of Rs 14.30 lakh in a similar manner, another official said.</p>
<p>A Hill Line police station official said a man has been booked for cheating a family of Rs 31.30 lakh after getting them to join a company for "lifetime profits", an official saidsaid while sharing an update on Thane investment fraud, reported PTI.</p>
<p>All three FIRs, under Information Technology Act and other laws, were registered on September 7, though no one has been arrested.</p>
<h2>Woman booked for cheating friend of Rs 8.17 lakh in Thane</h2>
<p>A case has been registered against a 38-year-old woman from <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/thane-cloth-merchant-loses-rs-1-9-cr-in-share-trading-fraud-23377222" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra's Thane city</a> who allegedly duped her friend of Rs 8.17 lakh on the pretext of claiming her deceased father's life insurance and promising a cut from the money, police said on September 6, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Based on a complaint, the police on September 4 registered a case under section 420 (cheating) and other relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code against the accused, Sonia Suresh Nair, at Vishnunagar police station in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/thane-dombivli-police-bust-cyber-fraud-racket-23363736" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Dombivili</a>, an official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>Nair allegedly approached her friend claiming that her deceased father had a life insurance policy worth Rs 88 lakh and the funds were frozen in a joint bank account she held with him, as it was inactive, he said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The accused told the complainant that she needed Rs 8.17 lakh to pay the activation fee to get the policy amount and promised him a share of the payout, the official said, reported PTI.</p>
<p>The complainant paid Rs 8.17 lakh to the accused through online transactions between July 2023 and January 2024, he said.</p>
<p>No arrest has been made in the case yet, and further probe is underway, he added.</p>
<p><strong>(With inputs from PTI)</strong></p><p>
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