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Cyber frauds cheat finance company with unused mobile numbers

The Central Cyber Crime police have registered a case of impersonation against an unknown people for using unused mobile numbers to cheat a financial company and escaping after availing loans worth ₹13.7 lakh.

The fraud came to light when a bank employee, Ashok Krishna, contacted a person, identified as Venkatesh, for defaulting the loan. The staff got the shock of their life when Venkatesh clarified that he never availed any loan from their firm.

Verification found that the firm had generated a consumer durable loan, business loan, flexi loan through through the mobile numbers he was using in October last year.

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