The City Cybercrime police have registered an FIR against two persons who, posing as investment advisors, allegedly lured a city-based woman and cheated her of ₹5.6 crore.
Based on the complaint by the victim from Nagarabhavi, the Cybercrime police charged the accused identified as Veeresh Gupta and Ayan Joseph under various sections of the IT Act, and BNS for cheating and impersonation.
The victim, in her complaint, said that she had a demat account from a private bank and came across Veeresh on social media in September last year. Veeresh, posing as an investment consultant having two companies, asked her to invest for higher returns. He added her to a WhatsApp group where around 35 members were mentioned under the VIP category .
He also introduced her to his contact Ayan Jospeh who assured her of quick and higher returns and after completing the formalities in January this year, she invested a total of ₹2.6 crore and an additional ₹44 lakh . The accused further lured her to investmore money following which she convinced her husband and son to invest ₹2,67,50,000 and ₹40,00,000 respectively.
The victim was given accessto a webpage to monitor the share markets and investment profits, but it was found later that the web page and all the companies the accused had floated were fake.
However, when the victim could not withdraw the amount she had invested through the website she tried to contact the duo, but in vain. Realizing that she had been cheated, the victim approached the police and filed a complaint along with the details of the investment .
Published – February 08, 2025 08:22 pm IST