A Mom-daughter duo was arrested by Mumbai Cyber Cell (North) for allegedly dishonest a Borivli resident to the tune of Rs 1.3 crore. The accused had allegedly been extracting cash from the sufferer by gaining sympathy, saying they wanted cash for therapy and funeral of relations resulting from COVID-19, mentioned sources.
The sufferer, a 59-year-old, works in a multinational firm and had met a 46-year-old via social media round six months in the past and bought shut. After the accused came upon that the complainant was working for a multinational firm, she began telling him unhappy tales to realize sympathy. She mentioned she wanted cash to rearrange for the funeral of her husband who handed away resulting from COVID. She had additionally taken cash from him for hospitalisation and loss of life of her elder daughter and relations.
The complainant mentioned that round two months in the past the accused’s 22-year-old daughter referred to as him, saying her mom was severely ailing and wanted cash for therapy. She later informed him she wanted cash for the funeral.
The complainant had given round Rs 1.3 crore to the duo on this method. Nonetheless, when he requested her to return his cash, he came upon that social media profiles of each ladies had been deleted. He then approached the cyber cell final month and registered a grievance.
Inspector Mangesh Desai and his crew began a probe and tracked down each the accused to Bhiwandi and arrested them.
Throughout interrogation, police came upon the mom was behind the crime and the duo had cheated a number of individuals utilizing the identical modus operandi.
“We have now recovered gold ornaments throughout the home search. We have now additionally seized their checking account which has greater than Rs 15 lakh,” mentioned a police officer.
Each the mother-daughter had been arrested underneath related sections of the Data Know-how Act and the Indian Penal Code. They had been produced earlier than the courtroom final week and have been remanded in police custody, mentioned an officer.
