Police have registered a case against five individuals for allegedly cheating a 28-year-old man from <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/thane-three-booked-for-cheating-eight-people-of-rs-16-lakh-with-fake-tmc-job-promises-23639398" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Thane</a> of Rs 70 lakh under the pretext of securing him a government job in Maharashtra, officials said on Monday, reported PTI.
The accused promised the victim a clerk-cum-typist's job in the state revenue and forest department, they said.
To gain his trust, they provided him with a forged appointment letter bearing a fake seal and signatures of senior Mantralaya officials, as well as a forged official government ID card in his name.
Believing the documents to be genuine, the victim paid Rs 70 lakh to the accused in various transactions over the last one year, an official from Narpoli police station said.
When the promised job did not materialise and the victim demanded his money back, the accused refused and threatened him, he said.
Based on the victim's complaint, the police registered a case on Friday against the accused on <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/thane-woman-duped-of-rs-15-76-lakh-in-fake-parcel-scam-police-launch-probe-23628179" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">charges of cheating</a>, forgery and criminal intimidation, the official added.
<h2>Thane investment firm owner booked for duping 10 investors of Rs 1.2 crore</h2>
In a separate incident, a case has been registered against the proprietor of two financial investment firms in Maharashtra's Thane city for allegedly cheating 10 investors of Rs 1.2 crore by promising lucrative returns through share and forex trading, police said on Monday, reported PTI.
The accused lured investors between 2022 and 2024 by claiming his firms conducted active share and foreign exchange (forex) trading. He offered investment plans spanning nearly a year, promising monthly returns of 5 to 6 per cent and operated an agent-network system to bring in new clients, a Naupada police official said.
One of the victims, the complainant in the case, initially invested Rs 18 lakh in the accused's trading schemes. While the firm paid back Rs 7.2 lakh as partial interest returns, the remaining principal amount and accrued returns were never repaid, he said.
Upon further inquiry and verification by the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/maharashtra-thane-eow-books-company-its-directors-for-duping-investors-launches-probe-23626217" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Economic Offences Wing</a> (EOW), it was found that at least nine other investors were similarly cheated to the tune of Rs 1.02 crore, the official said.
Following a detailed preliminary inquiry by the EOW, the police registered a case against the accused on July 24 under relevant provisions for cheating, criminal breach of trust and the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act.
No arrest has been made so far, and further investigation is underway, the police added.
(With inputs from PTI)

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