The accused had approached her over the phone and convinced her that they would provide her with USD 1,600 in return for Rs 1 lakh, an official from APMC police station said
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Three unidentified persons allegedly duped a woman from Navi Mumbai of Rs 1 lakh under the pretext of providing her US currency in exchange for the Indian money, police said on Wednesday, reported news agency PTI.
The 38-year-old woman, a resident of Badlapur in Maharashtra's Thane district, runs a small eatery at Kopri village in Navi Mumbai township, reported PTI.
The accused had approached her over the phone and convinced her that they would provide her with USD 1,600 in return for Rs 1 lakh, an official from APMC police station said, reported PTI.
On Monday, the accused visited the woman's eatery where she handed over Rs 1 lakh to them, but they fled without delivering the US dollars as promised, the official said, reported PTI.
Based on her complaint, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered the same day against the accused under sections 318(4) (cheating) and 3(5) (common Intention) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
The police were examining CCTV footage of the area and trying to get details of the phone number used by the accused to contact the victim, the official said, urging people to exercise caution while engaging in any form of unofficial currency exchange.
Thane man held for handling bank account used by online criminals to dupe people
In another case, a man was arrested for allegedly being the "active handler" of an account of a syndicate of cyber fraudsters accused of duping people of several lakh rupees by promising high returns in share trading, a police official said on Monday, reported PTI.
Vinayak Baranwal (28), a resident of Kasheli in neighbouring Thane, was apprehended by the North Region cyber police station on Sunday, he said, reported PTI.
"Baranwal was an active handler of the bank accounts that were used by cyber fraudsters to dupe people after assuring them high returns in share trading. The probe began on June 10 after a 58-year-old woman approached Dahisar police station stating she had been cheated of Rs 27.44 lakh," he said, reported PTI.
"The bank account in which her money was deposited was traced. While examining her account, police found the money was transferred to another bank account. It was also used in connection with similar cheating cases nationwide. There are 106 complaints connected to this account," the official said, reported PTI.
Technical analysis showed the account was being used by Baranwal, who was then held from Thane, he said.
(With inputs from PTI)
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