Fake Officers 'Help' 65-year-old woman closes criminal matters, disappear with 1.3cr | Bengaluru News

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Bengaluru: The reaction to the false alarm of a stranger about the separation of her telephone number has a 65-year-old East Bengaluru woman recently cost 1.3 billion rupees. The fraudster, who posed as a telecommunications service provider, made Rekha (name changed), a resident of Ramaswamypalya, believes that she is under “digital arrest”.
After their complaint with the police from East Cen Crime, a fraudster contacted her on August 26, 2024 to tell that your number would be separated in an hour.
When she asked for the reason, the call was transferred to another person who introduced himself as Rajesh Kumar, who claimed to be an officer of the telecommunications regulator of India (trai). He told her that a FIR was registered against her in Mumbai when a cell phone number with her login information was bought. Seventeen people complained against them because they sent illegal ads and troubled text messages about this number, she told her.
She tried to explain that she hadn't visited Mumbai or bought the SIM card, but the call was made to another person, Akash Kulhari, who claimed to be a high -ranking policeman. He told her that there was an arrest warrant against her for money laundering. He claimed that she helped the founder of Jet Airways, Naresh Goyal, to open a bank account by producing her documents and received RS 2 Crore in return.
Kulhari claimed that as a national security problems, she should not inform anyone, including her husband. He kept it under “digital arrest” for some time and started a virtual examination. He made her a video call with Skype. When the fraudsters posed as a police officer in uniform and flashed their ID cards, she believed that they were real.
Kulhari said all of her transactions had to be verified. He asked you to break your fixed deposit (FD) and transfer the amount to the account number he specified. He assured her that the amount would be returned after the review. She visited the bank on August 27, 2024, pulled 23 Lakh back from her FD and handed it over to the fraudster. She was observed in the bank on the Skype video call.
RS 27l to withdraw the arrest warrant
Kulhari later called for RS 27 Lakh to withdraw the “arrest order” and to close the examination. She promised her golden ornaments in a bank for 9.5 rupees and transferred them to the fraudster. When they asked for more money, she promised all of her ornaments, collected another RS ​​63 Lakh and transferred it to several accounts. She even borrowed money from her relatives and friends.
Allegations of several illegal activities
Rekha was also accused of sending a program of 16 fake passes, 58 debit cards and 148 grams of MDMA to an address in Malaysia, and the same was confiscated. She was asked to report to the Delhi police station within two hours or to apply for a deposit online immediately, and the fees would be 30,000 rupees. They threatened to arrest her and her husband if she couldn't pay.
Kulhari kept changing his cell phone numbers and quoted security reasons. When the calls stopped after February 15, she suspected something fishing, announced her family members and hired a complaint on February 27.