A person who cheated Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assembly in the guise of new government loan schemes by posing as Additional Secretary of the Finance Department was nabbed by the Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police.
Officials said that the former Assistant Executive (AE) in NTPC, Ramagundam, Thota Balaji Naidu, used aliases like Malla Reddy and Dasari Anil Kumar, and contacted the MPs and MLAs over phone by introducing himself as the Additional Secretary of the Finance department.
He used to claim that a new government loan scheme is being launched with the knowledge of the Chief Minister which requires participation of 100 members with a contribution of ₹3,600 each, totalling ₹3.60 lakh. Believing the same, the victims transferred the amount to the mule bank accounts given by the accused. After receiving the amount, he avoided the calls,” police said.
