A 36-year-old woman from Malad has approached the cyber police, alleging that cyber fraudsters took out loans totalling Rs 25 lakh in her name using forged documents. The loans were obtained from at least 16 companies, leaving her with a fraudulent credit burden.

The victim, Malaika Shah (name changed), approached the North Region Cyber Police last month and registered a case against three unidentified individuals. According to her complaint—of which mid-day has a copy—she and her husband were planning to purchase a property in Malad and had applied for a bank loan in 2020 from a nationalised bank (name withheld).