A 39-year-old software engineer lost ₹33.3 lakh to online fraudsters who posed as police personnel from Mumbai, threatened to book him under a money laundering case, and emptied his bank account last Monday.
The victim, Dinesh Pathak, realized that he had been cheated and approached South East Cyber Crime Police with a complaint on Thursday. Based on the complaint the police are now trying to track down the accused with the help of bank account transactions. In his complaint, Mr. Dinesh said that he received a call on his mobile and the caller introduced himself as an executive of FedEx international courier company.
The caller said that there was a parcel using his Aadhar details containing his passport, synthetic drugs, and electronic gadgets. He also informed that since its illegal and amounts to money laundering, he had roped in Mumbai police .
