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Pune: The Pimpri Chinchwad cybercrime police on Saturday arrested a man from Nashik pertaining to case of online crypto-currency fraud of Rs 97 lakh registered on Saturday. A 35-year-old Ravet resident, who lost Rs 97 lakh in the fraud between July last year and April, lodged a complaint with the cyber police on Saturday. You Can Also Check: Pune AQI | Weather in Pune | Bank Holidays in Pune | Public Holidays in Pune "The arrested man, who used to work in Dubai, provided mule bank accounts to his handlers in Dubai," said Pravin Swami, assistant inspector of the Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police.
Swami said the complainant, who is the relative of a late political leader, stated in his complaint that in July last year, the crooks contacted him through a mobile messenger app and offered him a daily 5% profit on his investments in the crypto-currency through them. "The crooks also told him that he needed to give them a certain commission on his profit. They shared a link to a platform with the complainant for the payment of the commission," the officer said.
Swami said the complainant went on investing the amounts as and when he was told. He could monitor his profit through that platform. The complainant transferred Rs 96.
93 lakh to different bank accounts and lost it all, Swami said. He said during the investigations, the police found some amounts were transferred to a bank in Nashik. "We took the suspect into custody from Nashik.
He used to work in Dubai. After returning, he started sending mule bank accounts to his handlers from here on a commission basis," Swami said..
