In a case that seems to have shades of the Audrey Tautou film ‘Priceless’, the BKC police recently arrested a man for cheating. But unlike the gold-digger Irene who targeted rich men, this 42-year-old cheated a five-star hotel by staying there for two weeks posing as the vice-president of a corporate firm. He was arrested after almost a year on the run — during which he once transferred Rs 100 into the hotel’s account, and paid over Rs 2 lakh by a cheque that bounced — from his residence in Pune’s Kothrud, and police suspect that he may have cheated hotels in other cities.

Modak claimed that he had come to Mumbai for a job interview, and stayed in the hotel thinking that once he was selected, his company would make the payment